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WGUS73 KILX 171340

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

840 AM CDT TUE JUL 17 2007



ILC029-035-139-173-171830-

COLES-CUMBERLAND-MOULTRIE-SHELBY-

840 AM CDT TUE JUL 17 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR

SOUTHEASTERN MOULTRIE...EASTERN SHELBY...NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND AND

SOUTHWESTERN COLES COUNTIES...



AT 840 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED

THE FLOODING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...FLOODING

CONTINUED TO AFFECT MANY LOCATIONS. THE COLES COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER

REPORTED THAT AT 745 AM...A VEHICLE WENT OFF OF I-57 NEAR MILE MARKER 

181 AND WAS SUBMERGED IN A FLOODED DITCH. ALSO...SEVERAL STREETS WERE 

CLOSED IN MATTOON DUE TO FLOODING.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... MATTOON...WINDSOR...GAYS...AND

NEOGA.



THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 174 

AND 186...ILLINOIS ROUTE 16 BETWEEN WINDSOR AND MATTOON...AND 

ILLINOIS ROUTE 32 FROM WINDSOR TO THE SHELBY COUNTY LINE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN

THE WARNED AREA BETWEEN 1030 AM AND NOON...WHICH WILL AGGRAVATE

THE FLOODING.



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 3929 8847 3930 8830 3949 8836 3950 8853

      3947 8863



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