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WGUS73 KILX 040348

FFSILX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1047 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008



ILC019-183-040915-

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CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-

1047 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM CDT FOR

NORTHERN VERMILION AND CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES...



AT 1043 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED

AREA. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...THOMASBORO...ROSSVILLE...

RANTOUL...RANKIN...POTOMAC...MAHOMET...LAKE OF THE WOODS...

HOOPESTON...GIFFORD AND FISHER



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE IN

THE WARNED AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. 



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 3992 8845 4040 8845 4041 8794 4049 8793

      4048 8754 4022 8753

TIME...MOT...LOC 0347Z 180DEG 0KT 4012 8837



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