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WGUS73 KILX 131606

FFSILX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1005 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005



ILC021-115-147-131715-

PIATT IL-MACON IL-CHRISTIAN IL-

1005 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHRISTIAN...MACON AND PIATT

COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 AM CST...



AT 1000 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT

RAIN WAS STILL FALLING OVER THE WARNED AREA. MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN 

HAD ENDED FOR THE REGION...HOWEVER THE LIGHTER RAIN IS EXPECTED TO 

CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE MORNING. HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT OF 

1 TO 2 INCHES PRODUCED FLOODING IN MANY AREAS. WITH THE MOIST 

GROUND...IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR THE WATER TO RECEED.



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.



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

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



LAT...LON 3987 8851 3965 8905 3945 8917 3942 8951

      3964 8948 3980 8923 4001 8906 4005 8874

      4031 8852



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