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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

232 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005



ILC039-107-113-129-167-131500-

MCLEAN IL-LOGAN IL-DE WITT IL-MENARD IL-SANGAMON IL-

232 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DE WITT...LOGAN...MCLEAN...

MENARD AND SANGAMON COUNTIES UNTIL 900 AM CST...



AT 226 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

AREA OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD TO NEAR BLOOMINGTON

INDICATE ANOTHER ONE HALF INCH HAS FALLEN...IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY

RAIN WHICH OCCURRED EARLIER WEDNESDAY EVENING. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME 

LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BLOOMINGTON...CLINTON...

LINCOLN...SPRINGFIELD...ATHENS...ATLANTA...AUBURN...BEASON...CARLOCK...

CHATHAM...CHESTNUT AND COLFAX.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT

AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 4011 8998 4012 8958 4028 8955 4031 8923

      4059 8924 4061 8896 4069 8894 4070 8858

      4057 8861 4058 8849 4035 8851 4007 8877

      4008 8910 3956 8959 3953 8990



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