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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1028 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 400 AM CDT



* AT 1025 PM CDT...FLASH FLOODING CONTINUED IN A FEW LOCATIONS 

  ACROSS SHELBY COUNTY. SHELBY COUNTY ROAD 700 NORTH BETWEEN ROUTE 

  32 AND NEOGA REMIANED CLOSED DUE TO A LOCAL CREEK GOING OVER ITS 

  BANKS. RADAR ESTIMATES FROM 1.5 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OR MORE HAS 

  FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTY.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP 

  OR MOVE INTO THE COUNTY INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.  ADDITIONAL   

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES BY 4 

  AM...WITH TOTAL AMOUNTS IN SOME AREAS EXCEEDING 5 INCHES. THESE 

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



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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