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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

210 AM CDT SUN AUG 29 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHERN IROQUOIS COUNTY IN 

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

IN INDIANA...



AT 210 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

HEAVIEST RAIN SHOWERS WERE NOW MAINLY NORTH OF THE FLASH FLOOD 

AREA...ROUGHLY FROM NEAR KANKAKEE ILLINOIS NORTHEAST TO SOUTH BEND 

INDIANA. SCATTERED LIGHTER SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL 

ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...BUT 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE FURTHER FLASH FLOODING. 



THOUGH RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH AND FLOODING WILL SLOWLY 

SUBSIDE EARLY THIS MORNING...CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION IN AREAS WHICH 

RECEIVED EXCESSIVE RAINFALL DURING THE PAST 48 HOURS. 



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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