
817 
WGUS73 KILX 181415
FFSILX

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

ILC137-167-181930-
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MORGAN IL-SANGAMON IL-
915 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011

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

...A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY IS IN AFFECT FOR THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE...
SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY AND SOUTHWESTERN SANGAMON COUNTY...

AT 900 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLASH
FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN THE JACKSONVILLE AREA. STATE POLICE 
REPORTED THAT THE JACKSONVILLE WATER TREATMENT PLANT WAS UNDER
WATER...I-72 AT MILE POST 68 WAS CLOSED...AND THE ROLLING ACRES
TRAILER PARK OFF ROUTE 104 WAS BEING EVACUATED.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

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

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