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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

356 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2006



ILC019-183-010000-

CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-

356 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2006



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHAMPAIGN AND

VERMILION COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT...



AT 351 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN A

THIN BAND FROM NEAR FITHIAN...THROUGH SIDNEY AND PHILO...TO THE

SOUTHWEST CORNER OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING 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...ALLERTON...BROADLANDS...FAIRMOUNT...FITHIAN...

HOMER...OAKWOOD...OGDEN...PESOTUM...PHILO...SAVOY AND SEYMOUR.



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 4018 8775 3989 8772 3988 8846 4010 8846



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