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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1000 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL NOON CDT



* AT 10 AM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS CONTINUING AT DIVERNON...BUT IS

  BEGINNING TO RECEDE. SOUTHBOUND LANES OF INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN

  AUBURN AND DIVERNON REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. SEVERAL ROADS 

  IN SCOTT COUNTY REMAIN FLOODED.



* RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS OVERNIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE 

  AREA BUT SHOULD SLOWLY TAPER OFF BY NOON...ALLEVIATING THE 

  FLOODING SITUATION.



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING. IF IN A FLOOD 

PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING 

ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE EFFECTS OF 

FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED AREAS BY FOOT OR 

AUTOMOBILE.



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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BYRD



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