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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1235 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  MORGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT



* THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION.  

  AT 1230 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER EASTERN MISSOURI AND 

  WESTERN ILLINOIS...THEN CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS SCOTT AND MORGAN

  COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE ESTIMATED AT BETWEEN ONE INCH AND 

  ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES PER HOUR.  UP TO 4 INCHES HAD FALLEN 

  OVER PORTIONS OF SCOTT COUNTY FROM EARLIER STORMS.  RADAR NOW 

  INDICATED THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALSO MOVING INTO SANGAMON 

  COUNTY.  



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE 

  ACROSS SCOTT...MORGAN...AND SANGAMON COUNTIES THROUGH THE MORNING

  HOURS.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 4 INCHES WILL BE 

  POSSIBLE BY 7 AM. DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING WILL

  BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS.



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.



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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GOETSCH



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