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WGUS73 KILX 030255

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ILC101-030645-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

951 PM CDT THU SEP 2 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LAWRENCE COUNTY UNTIL 300 AM

CDT...



AT 952 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

HEAVY RAINS WERE BEGINNING TO SHIFT NORTH OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...

1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME FROM SUMNER

EAST TO JUST WEST OF LAWRENCEVILLE. LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFFS REPORTED

ROUTE 250 BETWEEN BRIDGEPORT AND LAWRENCEVILLE HAD WATER ON IT FOR

A TIME THIS EVENING. EVEN THOUGH THE HEAVIER RAINS HAVE SHIFTED NORTH

OF THE AREA...THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT CONTINUES. 



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING NEAR STREAMS...CREEKS AND

NEARBY FARMLAND. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON COUNTY ROADS AND IN LOW

LYING AREAS. NEVER CROSS AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADS.



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 3885 8757 3868 8755 3859 8791 3884 8790



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