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ILC023-033-035-049-079-060100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

426 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT



* AT 421 PM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN SOUTHEAST 

  ILLINOIS. JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED...ROUTE 49 AT YALE AND 

  NUMEROUS LOCATIONS ALONG ROUTE 30 BETWEEN HIDALGO AND NEWTON HAD 

  WATER REPORTED OVER THE ROADS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER 

  RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2-3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE AREA 

  SINCE 230 PM. 



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS 

  SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 1-2 

  INCHES BY 6PM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH 

  FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



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.

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KETCHAM 





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