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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1219 AM CDT THU MAY 12 2005



ILC139-120800-

MOULTRIE IL-

1219 AM CDT THU MAY 12 2005



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

CDT...



AT 1215 AM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS 

OCCURRING IN LOVINGTON. THE SPOTTER MEASURED 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN 

SINCE THIS EVENING. THEY REPORTED THAT ROUTE 32 IN LOVINGTON HAD 

WATER STANDING ON THE CURVE, AND THAT OTHER STREETS IN LOVINGTON 

WERE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. ROUTE 133 HAD FIELD DEBRIS COVERING 

BOTH LANES 1 MILE EAST OF LOVINGTON. THE DEBRIS WAS FROM PREVIOUS 

FLOODING. 



THE STEADY RAIN SHOULD COME TO AN END ACROSS MOULTRIE COUNTY BEFORE 

1245 AM, BUT FLOODING WILL LIKELY BE A PROBLEM FOR ANOTHER FEW 

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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