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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1243 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SCHUYLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT



* AT 1238 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN MISSOURI AND WESTERN 

  ILLINOIS...THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS SCHUYLER COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS

  OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS

  MOVING THROUGH THE REGION.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS

  SCHUYLER COUNTY THROUGH AT LEAST 5 AM.  THE HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THE 

  STORMS WILL PRODUCE 4 INCHES OR MORE OF RAIN...PRODUCING DANGEROUS 

  FLASH FLOODING IN THE COUNTY. 

  

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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