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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1100 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 300 AM CDT



* AT 1055 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN EDGAR COUNTY. BETWEEN

  2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 10 PM SOUTH OF PARIS

  AND HIGHWAYS 133 AND 150.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS

  EDGAR COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 MORE 

  INCHES OF RAIN...WITH LOCAL 3 INCH AMOUNTS BEFORE DIMINISHING

  AFTER MIDNIGHT. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND RUNOFF FOR A COUPLE HOURS

  AFTER THE HEAVY RAINS 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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