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ILC039-113-115-260445-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

720 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MCLEAN...DE WITT AND MACON

COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...



AT 719 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING FROM BOODY NORTH TO LE ROY. 1 TO 4 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 500 PM.



AT 705 PM CDT...DE WITT COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED STREETS FLOODED IN 

CLINTON AND VIADUCTS FLOODED ON HIGHWAY 54. 



AT 649 PM CDT...MCLEAN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED FLOODED STREETS IN 

BOTH BLOOMINGTON AND NORMAL.



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 4064 8859 4061 8847 4030 8847 4030 8857

      4010 8869 4009 8876 3980 8875 3966 8882

      3966 8914 3980 8914 3982 8922 3991 8922

      3992 8914 4028 8915 4029 8927 4060 8927

      4066 8900 4076 8898 4075 8859



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