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WGUS73 KILX 290338

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ILC183-290530-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1036 PM CDT SAT AUG 28 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR VERMILION COUNTY UNTIL 1230 AM

CDT...



AT 1036 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...

MOVING ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL

AMOUNTS OF AROUND AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT WHICH

WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING WHICH HAS ALREADY OCCURRED OVER THE EXTREME 

NORTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY EARLIER THIS EVENING.



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 8758 4009 8756 4010 8793 4048 8792



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