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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

813 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005



ILC183-080200-

VERMILION IL-

813 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHEAST VERMILION COUNTY 

UNTIL 900 PM CDT...



AT 810 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHERN VERMILION

COUNTY NORTH OF POTOMAC...HENNING AND ALVIN. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 

BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 3 TO 6 HOURS 

EAST OF ROSSVILLE AND HOOPESTON. 



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD GRADUALLY WEAKEN AFTER SUNSET ACROSS

NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY. UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF RAIN IS 

POSSIBLE BEFORE 9 PM. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 

FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING

INCLUDE...HOOPESTON AND ROSSVILLE.



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

YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

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

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



LAT...LON 4050 8752 4029 8752 4030 8780 4051 8782



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