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WGUS73 KILX 120445

FFSILX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1140 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005



ILC139-120800-

MOULTRIE IL-

1140 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MOULTRIE COUNTY UNTIL 300 AM

CDT...



AT 1138 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLASH

FLOODING WAS STILL OCCURRING IN LOVINGTON.



THE MOULTRIE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT FLOODING WAS STILL 

OCCURRING IN LOVINGTON, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAD 

BLOCKED THE LOCAL ROADWAYS WITH BARRICADES. RAIN WAS STILL FALLING 

ACROSS THE AREA...BUT SHOULD COME TO AN END BY 1 AM. FLOODING WILL 

LIKELY CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP 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 3979 8849 3963 8848 3959 8880 3973 8881

      3974 8876 3979 8875



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