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ILC053-075-105-INC007-111-061300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

400 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LIVINGSTON...FORD...AND IROQUOIS COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS

  BENTON...AND SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTY IN INDIANA

  

* UNTIL 800 AM CDT(800 AM EST)



* AT 355 AM CDT(355 AM EST) WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER EASTERN LIVINGSTON 

COUNTY...GENERALLY EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF PONTIAC IN THE CULLOM 

AREA.  THE STORMS WERE DEVELOPING EASTWARD ACROSS THE PANHANDLE OF 

FORD COUNTY AND INTO CENTRAL IROQUOIS COUNTY.  THIS ACTIVITY IS 

MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.   DOPPLER RADAR IS ESTIMATING RAINFALL RATES 

OF OVER AN INCH AN HOUR WITH THESE STORMS. 



THESE HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE OCCURRING OVER THE SAME AREA THAT RECIEVED 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL YESTERDAY.  RAPID FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND 

STREAMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. 



IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROAD...TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE

ROUTE. A CAR OR SMALL TRUCK WILL FLOAT IN ABOUT 2 FEET OF WATER...

EVEN WITH 4 WHEEL DRIVE. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS.



LAT...LON 4108 8861 4065 8850 4061 8715 4089 8733



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