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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

1050 PM CDT SAT AUG 28 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN IROQUOIS COUNTY IN 

ILLINOIS ALONG WITH SOUTHERN JASPER...SOUTHERN NEWTON AND BENTON 

COUNTIES IN INDIANA UNTIL 200 AM CDT...



AT 1050 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THE LEADING EDGE OF AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING 

FROM NEAR MILFORD IN IROQUOIS COUNTY TO FOWLER IN BENTON COUNTY. THE 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 

MPH. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WITH THESE SHOWERS OF UP TO ONE INCH WILL

COMBINE WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES EARLIER THIS EVENING 

TO PRODUCE CONTINUED FLOODING PROBLEMS.



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 FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED AREAS BY

FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE.



REPORT 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 4102 8702 4089 8704 4070 8716 4050 8714

      4051 8775 4084 8756 4093 8747

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