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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

326 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2008



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FORD IL-IROQUOIS IL-

326 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CDT FOR

SOUTHWESTERN IROQUOIS AND SOUTHERN FORD COUNTIES...



AT 318 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE

A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GIBSON CITY 

AND PAXTON.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AROUND A HALF 

INCH TO AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN FORD COUNTY.  

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT FEW 

HOURS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  DUE TO HEAVY RAIN ON TUESDAY 

NIGHT...ALONG WITH FLOODING THAT OCCURRED LATE LAST WEEK...THE 

GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ON TOP OF 

THAT WILL LIKELY LEAD TO QUICK RISES IN WATER LEVELS.  



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 FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 4058 8846 4058 8795 4041 8795 4041 8845

TIME...MOT...LOC 0823Z 180DEG 0KT 4046 8819



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