Flash Flood Warning

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT/100 AM EDT/ FOR SOUTHERN BENTON...SOUTHERN IROQUOIS AND SOUTHERN FORD COUNTIES... AT 724 PM CDT...FLOOD PRODUCING RAINFALL FROM REPEATED THUNDERSTORMS HAS RESULTED IN AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE TWO HARDEST HIT AREAS ARE SOUTHERN FORD COUNTY FROM GIBSON CITY THROUGH PAXTON...THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF IROQUOIS COUNTY NEAR LODA...AND SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN INDIANA FROM TALBOT TO FOWLER TO OTTERBEIN. THUNDERSTORMS ARE DIMINISHING BUT WILL LIKELY SLOW FLOOD WATERS FROM RECEDING WELL INTO THE EVENING HOURS. REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE ROMEOVILLE. 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.