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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

518 PM CDT SUN JUN 18 2006



ILC045-190030-

EDGAR-

518 PM CDT SUN JUN 18 2006



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EDGAR COUNTY UNTIL

730 PM CDT...



AT 516 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 1.5 TO 2.25 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR 

WITH A STORM TOTAL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES FROM KANSAS NORTHEAST TO THE 

EDGAR COUNTY AIRPORT BETWEEN PARIS AND CHRISMAN.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN 

THE WARNED AREA...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH 7 PM OVER 

CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST EDGAR COUNTY. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT 

WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... PARIS... CHRISMAN... KANSAS... 

REDMON... BELL RIDGE... BORTON... EDGAR... METCALF AND PALERMO.



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 3988 8756 3949 8756 3950 8796 3989 8796



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