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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

727 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT



* AT 725 PM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS STILL BEING REPORTED ACROSS   

  PORTIONS OF SHELBY COUNTY AND THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN 

  EXTENDED. THE SHELBY COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS

  RURAL ROADS WITH SEVERAL FEET OF WATER FLOWING OVER THE TOP OF

  THEM. 

  

* EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN HAS STOPPED...IT TAKES SEVERAL HOURS

  FOR THE WATER TO RUN OFF. HIGH WATERS WILL STILL BE ENCOUNTERED   

  THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO JUDGE HOW

MUCH WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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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