Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Lincoln, IL

Issued

Jul 18, 2003, 8:50 AM CDT (13:50 UTC)

Expired

Jul 18, 2003, 3:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Lincoln, IL

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Shelby County, IL

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WGUS53 KILX 181353
FFWILX
ILC173-182000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
850 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 844 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN  FROM OCONEE TO LAKEWOOD. 
  3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 500 AM.

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
  SHELBY COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 3 TO 8
  INCHES BY 1100 AM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE
  FLASH FLOODING.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE
TO THE EFFECTS OF FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
AREAS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE.

MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR
VEHICLE INTO AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES A
FOOT OR TWO OF WATER TO WASH MOST VEHICLES AWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN
RISING WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY
TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

LAT...LON 3960 8892 3924 8909 3925 8854 3940 8855

$$

EH

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000 
WGUS73 KILX 181629
FFSILX
ILC173-182000-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1126 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SHELBY COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM
CDT...

AT 1113 AM...THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED FLOODED ROADS 
CAUSING ROAD CLOSURES ON ROUTE 51 SOUTH OF OCONEE...IN SHELBY 
COUNTY. 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT 1122 AM INDICATED THAT THE 
RAINS WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE SOUTH OF THE AREA.  HOWEVER...THE FLASH 
FLOOD WARNING WAS CONTINUED BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL RAIN THAT 
MAY DEVELOP THROUGH 1 PM. 

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE
TO THE EFFECTS OF FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
AREAS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE.

REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY
TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

$$

GOETSCH

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000 
WGUS73 KILX 181808
FFSILX
ILC173-181830-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
108 PM CDT FRI JUL 18 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SHELBY COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOOD THREAT HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

GOETSCH

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