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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

543 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006



ILC023-029-035-070000-

COLES IL-CLARK IL-CUMBERLAND IL-

543 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CLARK...COLES AND

CUMBERLAND COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT...



AT 540 PM CDT...SHERIFF OFFICES IN CLARK...COLES AND CUMBERLAND 

COUNTIES REPORTED SOME ROADS...ESPECIALLY NEAR CREEKS IN THE 

COUNTY...WERE COVERED AND BLOCKED BY HIGH WATER. DOPPLER RADAR

CONTINUED TO SHOW SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA

PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS FROM CHARLESTON EAST.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO 1 INCH 

OF RAIN EAST OF CHARLESTON THROUGH 7 PM. THIS IS ON TOP OF THE 2 TO 

4 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL EARLIER TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN COLES AND 

CLARK COUNTIES. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...CHARLESTON...MARSHALL...MATTOON...TOLEDO...CASEY...

CLARKSVILLE...COOKS MILL...DENNISON...GREENUP...JANESVILLE...JEWETT 

AND LERNA.



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

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



LAT...LON 3946 8755 3919 8765 3919 8846 3960 8847

      3950 8798



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