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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

322 AM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009



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CLAY IL-JASPER IL-CRAWFORD IL-EFFINGHAM IL-

322 AM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EFFINGHAM...CRAWFORD...

JASPER AND NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTIES UNTIL 630 AM CDT...



AT 314 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

LIGHT RAIN HAD COME TO AN END ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SCATTERED 

SHOWERS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MORNING. DOPPLER RADAR

ESTIMATED AROUND 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD FALLEN SINCE 8 PM. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...EFFINGHAM...NEWTON...ROBINSON...ALTAMONT...ANNAPOLIS...

BEECHER CITY...BOGOTA...DIETERICH...EATON...EDGEWOOD...FLAT 

ROCK...HARDINVILLE...HIDALGO...HUTSONVILLE...MONTROSE...NEW 

HEBRON...OBLONG...PALESTINE...TEUTOPOLIS...WATSON... WEST 

LIBERTY...WHEELER...WILLOW HILL...BELLAIR...ELLIOTSTOWN

AND GILA.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT

ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT

STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST EMERGENCY MANAGER OR LAW ENFORCEMENT

AGENCY SO THAT THEY MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED

ROADWAYS. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

IN LINCOLN.



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LAT...LON 3886 8792 3885 8871 3891 8871 3892 8882

      3921 8881 3920 8848 3917 8846 3917 8767

      3916 8765 3912 8766 3906 8758 3900 8758

      3897 8754 3893 8752



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