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ILC079-060500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

801 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT



* AT 757 PM CDT...FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS JASPER COUNTY. 

  JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED CONTINUED FLOODING ACROSS THE 

  COUNTY. ROUTE 49 REMAINED CLOSED. ROUTE 33 WAS REDUCED TO ONE 

  LANE TRAFFIC. NUMEROUS RURAL ROADS REMAINED FLOODED.  NATIONAL 

  WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF 

  RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE AREA EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. 



*



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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KETCHAM 

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