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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

804 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006



ILC033-079-170630-

CRAWFORD IL-JASPER IL-

804 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CRAWFORD AND JASPER

COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM CDT...



AT 800 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER THE

AREA.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING

INCLUDE...NEWTON...ROBINSON...ANNAPOLIS...BOGOTA...EATON...FLAT

ROCK...HARDINVILLE...HIDALGO...HUTSONVILLE...NEW HEBRON...OBLONG AND

PALESTINE.



NWS COOP OBSERVER IN ROBINSON REPORTED A LITTLE OVER 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL

FROM TODAYS STORMS. THE MAIN STREETS ON THE EASTERN SIDE 

OF ROBINSON WERE FLOODED DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL. 



A 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 3917 8768 3886 8755 3887 8835 3916 8833



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