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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

630 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 930 PM CDT



* AT 627 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING OVER RICHLAND...CLAY AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES.

  1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 530 PM.

 

  FLORA CITY ESDA ALSO REPORTED 3 INCHES OF WATER OVER ROUTE 150 AND 

  STREET FLOODING IN FLORA. 



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS

  RICHLAND AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE 

  FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES BY 730 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.

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KETCHAM 



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