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WGUS73 KLOT 020050

FFSLOT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

750 PM CDT MON JUN 1 2009



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BENTON IN-

850 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM EDT/1245 AM

CDT/ FOR BENTON COUNTY...



AT 849 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA. SEVERAL 

WAVES OF HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. RAPID RISES 

ON STREAM LEVELS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE 

COUNTY...ARE LIKELY. SOME STREAMS AFFECTED INCLUDE MUD PINE 

CREEK...BIG PINE CREEK...AND LEUCK DITCH.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS MORE DIFFICULT TO SEE

WATER ON THE ROAD OR JUDGE HOW DEEP IT IS.



FLOODED CREEKS AND STREAMS SOMETIMES OVERFLOW AROUND A BRIDGE. THE

ROAD APPROACHING A BRIDGE MAY FLOOD EVEN THOUGH THE BRIDGE ITSELF IS

ABOVE WATER. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH AN AREA WHERE WATER IS FLOWING

ACROSS A ROAD.



MORE THAN HALF OF FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. TWO FEET OF

FAST MOVING WATER CAN SWEEP VEHICLES...EVEN A PICKUP OR AN SUV...OFF

THE ROAD AND INTO A FLOOD SWOLLEN STREAM. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 4048 8754 4074 8753 4073 8710 4048 8710

      4048 8753



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