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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

300 AM CDT FRI MAY 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 3 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM BLOOMINGTON AND NORMAL WEST TO THE

  TAZEWELL COUNTY LINE WITH 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE MIDNIGHT.

  

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE 

  ACROSS MCLEAN COUNTY THROUGH 430 AM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

  WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS THE COUNTY BEFORE 

  DIMINISHING BETWEEN 430 AM AND SUNRISE. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

  WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ON FLOOD PRONE

HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. NEVER WALK OR DRIVE INTO FLOODED

AREAS AND ABANDON VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATERS. BE ESPECIALLY 

CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH

FLOODS. 



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.



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