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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

707 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008



ILC019-021-029-035-039-041-045-049-107-113-115-129-139-147-167-173-

183-060500-

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/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-COLES-CUMBERLAND-DE WITT-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-

LOGAN-MACON-MCLEAN-MENARD-MOULTRIE-PIATT-SANGAMON-SHELBY-VERMILION-

707 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR 

MCLEAN...VERMILION...CHAMPAIGN...LOGAN...PIATT...DE WITT... 

MENARD...MACON...SANGAMON...EDGAR...DOUGLAS...CHRISTIAN...

MOULTRIE...SHELBY...CUMBERLAND...EFFINGHAM AND COLES COUNTIES...



AT 705 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS FROM 

I-55 SOUTHEAST TO I-70. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

SOME FLOODING OVER PARTS OF EFFINGHAM...MACON...PIATT AND CHRISTIAN

COUNTIES. SOME FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED AROUND PETERSBURG IN 

MENARD COUNTY...CHESTNUT IN LOGAN COUNTY...AUTHUR IN DOUGLAS COUNTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... SPRINGFIELD...DECATUR...

CHAMPAIGN...BLOOMINGTON...DANVILLE...LINCOLN...PETERSBURG...

TAYLORVILLE...EFFINGHAM...CHARLESTON...TUSCOLA...CLINTON...

MONTICELLO AND PARIS. 



BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IS THIS AREA IN THE PAST 24 

HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE FROM I-55 

EAST THROUGH 11 PM. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL COMBINED WITH RECENT SNOW 

MELT WILL LEAD TO SOME FLASH FLOODING. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT...WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 3950 8801 3919 8802 3917 8837 3892 8837

      3892 8882 3922 8881 3922 8914 3937 8914

      3937 8953 3954 8954 3955 8992 4009 9000

      4015 8960 4052 8899 4060 8848 4041 8845

      4041 8795 4046 8795 4050 8755 3950 8754

TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 180DEG 0KT 3981 8903



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