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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

112 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



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PEORIA-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD-

112 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR

EASTERN PEORIA...NORTHWESTERN WOODFORD AND NORTHERN TAZEWELL

COUNTIES...



AT 104 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING

WAS CONTINUING IN THE PEORIA METRO AREA AS WELL AS IN GERMANTOWN

HILLS FROM THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WHICH MOVED THROUGH THOSE AREAS

OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. ALTHOUGH THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HAS

MOVED NORTH OF THE AREA...THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT CONTINUES. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... SPRING BAY...METAMORA... 

GERMANTOWN HILLS AND PEORIA. 



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 4085 8923 4085 8924 4084 8924 4074 8933

      4066 8966 4083 8966 4093 8921 4092 8918



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