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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

1217 AM CDT SUN AUG 29 2004



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

ILLINOIS...AND SOUTHERN JASPER...SOUTHERN NEWTON AND BENTON COUNTIES 

IN INDIANA UNTIL 215 AM CDT (215 AM EST)...



AT 1210 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAIN 

CONTINUING ACROSS THE FLASH FLOOD AREA...THOUGH IT HAD DECREASED IN 

INTENSITY IN THE PAST HOUR. ANOTHER BAND OF HEAVIER RAIN WAS MOVING 

IN FROM THE WEST HOWEVER...AND WAS ROUGHLY ALONG AND JUST EAST OF 

INTERSTATE 55 IN ILLINOIS FROM BLOOMINGTON NORTHEAST TO NEAR CULLOM. 

THE TRAILING EDGE OF THIS HEAVIER RAIN AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 

MPH...AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 1 AM CDT AND 4 AM CDT. 

RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO THREE 

QUARTERS OF AN INCH MAY BE EXPECTED THROUGH 4 AM CDT.



THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HAS CAUSED FLOODING NEAR STREAMS...CREEKS AND

NEARBY FARMLAND. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT EARLIER REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING ALONG ROUTE 24...BETWEEN KENTLAND AND GOODLAND IN NORTHWEST 

INDIANA...AND ALONG ROUTE 41 JUST SOUTH OF KENTLAND. BE ESPECIALLY 

CAUTIOUS ON COUNTY ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. NEVER CROSS AREAS 

IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO 

RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO 

JUDGE HOW MUCH WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF WATER TO WASH MOST 

VEHICLES AWAY INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING 

WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.



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 4103 8694 4086 8700 4086 8714 4050 8712

      4050 8812 4078 8810

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ILC075-INC007-073-111-290800-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR EXPIRATION TIME

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

1217 AM CDT SUN AUG 29 2004



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

ILLINOIS...AND SOUTHERN JASPER...SOUTHERN NEWTON AND BENTON COUNTIES 

IN INDIANA UNTIL 200 AM CDT (200 AM EST)...



AT 1210 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAIN 

CONTINUING ACROSS THE FLASH FLOOD AREA...THOUGH IT HAD DECREASED IN 

INTENSITY IN THE PAST HOUR. ANOTHER BAND OF HEAVIER RAIN WAS MOVING 

IN FROM THE WEST HOWEVER...AND WAS ROUGHLY ALONG AND JUST EAST OF 

INTERSTATE 55 IN ILLINOIS FROM BLOOMINGTON NORTHEAST TO NEAR CULLOM. 

THE TRAILING EDGE OF THIS HEAVIER RAIN AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 

MPH...AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 1 AM CDT AND 4 AM CDT. 

RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO THREE 

QUARTERS OF AN INCH MAY BE EXPECTED THROUGH 4 AM CDT.



THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HAS CAUSED FLOODING NEAR STREAMS...CREEKS AND

NEARBY FARMLAND. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT EARLIER REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING ALONG ROUTE 24...BETWEEN KENTLAND AND GOODLAND IN NORTHWEST 

INDIANA...AND ALONG ROUTE 41 JUST SOUTH OF KENTLAND. BE ESPECIALLY 

CAUTIOUS ON COUNTY ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. NEVER CROSS AREAS 

IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO 

RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO 

JUDGE HOW MUCH WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF WATER TO WASH MOST 

VEHICLES AWAY INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING 

WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.



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 4103 8694 4086 8700 4086 8714 4050 8712

      4050 8812 4078 8810

$$



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