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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1136 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005



ILC021-115-120800-

MACON IL-CHRISTIAN IL-

1136 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005



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

UNTIL 300 AM CDT...



AT 1133 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLASH

FLOODING WAS OCCURRING OVER HIGHWAY 48 JUST SOUTH OF BLUE MOUND.

THE BLUE MOUND SHERIFF REPORTED THAT WATER HAD RECEDED A LITTLE,

BUT WAS STILL CAUSING PROBLEMS ON HIGHWAY 48. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED

BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 5 PM IN THE BLUE MOUND AREA AND

WEST INTO CHRISTIAN COUNTY. RAIN IS STILL FALLING ACROSS THE AREA,

AND FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.



SOME ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS THAT MAY ALSO BE EXPERIENCING FLOODING

INCLUDE...LONG CREEK...MACON...STONINGTON...BOODY...ELWIN AND

WILLEYS.



FLOODING IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT...AS DARKNESS OBSCURES THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST

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



LAT...LON 3967 8882 3966 8905 3952 8908 3960 8932

      3980 8918 3982 8883



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