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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

105 PM CST FRI FEB 9 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 500 PM CST



* AT 105 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM CHARLESTON TO PARIS. ONE TO TWO 

  INCHES HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 1130 AM.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

  AMOUNTS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  



* SHOWERS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS A CHARLESTON 

  TO PARIS LINE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM ONE TO 

  THREE INCHES BY 300 PM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE 

  FLASH FLOODING.



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING NEAR STREAMS...CREEKS AND

NEARBY FARMLAND. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON COUNTY ROADS AND IN LOW

LYING AREAS. NEVER CROSS AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADS.



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.





EH

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