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WGUS73 KILX 280520

FFSILX

ILC183-280915-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1215 AM CDT SAT AUG 28 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR VERMILION COUNTY UNTIL 415 AM

CDT...



AT 1215 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

HEAVY RAINS HAVE SHIFTED NORTH OF THE AREA...HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE

AREA AGAIN OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. DOPPLER THREE HOURLY RAINFALL 

ESTIMATES SINCE 900 PM...RANGE FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES IN AN AREA BETWEEN 

ROSSVILLE AND HOOPESTON IN NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO JUDGE HOW

MUCH WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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 4048 8756 4025 8757 4026 8791 4047 8792



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