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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

921 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008



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BENTON IN-

1021 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT/1115 PM

CDT/ FOR BENTON COUNTY...



AT 1018 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND WERE 11 MILES 

NORTHEAST OF FOWLER INDIANA. MERIDIAN ROAD FROM 100 NORTH TO 300 

SOUTH WAS CLOSED IN FOWLER INDIANA. HIGHWAY 18 WAS UNDERWATER AND 

HIGHWAY 41...WAS CLOSED FOR A STRETCH OF 3 MILES. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LOCHIEL...

FREELAND PARK...BARCE...WADENA...RAUB AND FOWLER



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT OR 1000 PM CDT 

FRIDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.



LAT...LON 4075 8753 4073 8712 4049 8711 4049 8753

TIME...MOT...LOC 0221Z 180DEG 0KT 4059 8730



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