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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

430 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2006



ILC137-167-312300-

MORGAN-SANGAMON-

430 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2006



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

AND SANGAMON COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...



AT 425 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 2 

PM FROM SPRINGFIELD WEST TO WOODSON AND MURRAYVILLE IN MORGAN 

COUNTY. A WEATHER OBSERVER MEASURED 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 2 PM 

AT CHATHAM ROAD AND LAUREL STREET IN THE TARA HILL SUBDIVISION... 

WHICH IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF SPRINGFIELD. SEVERAL ROADS AND VIADUCTS 

HAVE BEEN BLOCKED OFF FROM WATER AS HIGH AS 1 TO 2 FEET DEEP ON THE 

SOUTH AND WEST SIDE OF SPRINGFIELD. 



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE 

WARNED AREA...WITH AN ADDIITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 6 PM OVER SOUTHERN PARTS OF MORGAN AND SANGAMON FROM 

JACKSONVILLE AND SPRINGFIELD SOUTH. 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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