
607 
WGUS73 KILX 181655
FFSILX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1155 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011

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MORGAN IL-SANGAMON IL-
1155 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN SANGAMON
AND SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM CDT...

AT 1137 AM CDT...SANGAMON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT 
WAVERLY ROAD AND LOAMI ROAD...SOUTH OF NEW BERLIN...WERE CLOSED DUE 
TO FLOODING. ALSO...MULTIPLE ROADS WERE CLOSED IN THE CITY OF NEW 
BERLIN. THE PARKING LOT AT THE SANGAMON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS WAS ALSO 
FLOODED. 

IN ADDITION...MORGAN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT MAJOR 
FLOODING PROBLEMS CONTINUE IN THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE...FROM SANDY 
CREEK TO MAUVAISE TERRE CREEK. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
JACKSONVILLE...ALEXANDER...FRANKLIN...WAVERLY AND WOODSON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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 ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR
IN A VEHICLE.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH 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.

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LAT...LON 3978 9001 3954 8977 3954 9018 3973 9030

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