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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

330 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2006



ILC137-167-312300-

MORGAN-SANGAMON-

330 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2006



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MORGAN 

AND SANGAMON COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...



AT 324 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 AND 4 

INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 130 PM FROM SPRINGFIELD WEST TO ALEXANDER AND 

WOODSON IN MORGAN COUNTY. AT 330 PM...BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES OF WATER 

WAS ON SEVERAL INTERSECTIONS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SPRINGFIELD.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE 

WARNED AREA WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH

6 PM ALONG AND SOUTH OF A SPRINGFIELD TO JACKSONVILLE LINE. RUNOFF 

FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... 

JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD... ALEXANDER... AUBURN... CHATHAM... 

DIVERNON... FRANKLIN... LOAMI... MURRAYVILLE... NEW BERLIN... 

PAWNEE AND RIVERTON.



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 3989 8941 3953 8956 3954 9028 3975 9035



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