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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

704 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LOGAN AND SANGAMON COUNTIES

UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...



AT 658 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING FROM AUBURN NORTH MT. PULASKI. 1 TO 4 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 400 PM.



AT 642 PM CDT...LOGAN COUNTY ESDA REPORTED US ROUTE 136 CLOSED DUE 

TO STANDING WATER NEAR THE LOGAN/MASON COUNTY LINE.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE

TO THE EFFECTS OF FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED

AREAS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE INTO AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES A

FOOT OR TWO OF WATER TO WASH MOST VEHICLES AWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN

RISING WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.



REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW

ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY

TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS.



LAT...LON 4028 8927 4028 8917 3992 8915 3991 8924

      3982 8924 3983 8925 3976 8933 3975 8943

      3969 8944 3964 8956 3953 8955 3953 8993

      3990 8999 3991 8972 3998 8970 3999 8959

      4032 8960 4033 8928



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