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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

245 AM CDT MON JUL 9 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  SOUTHERN EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 240 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 4

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 11 PM OVER CENTRAL AND 

  SOUTHEAST DOUGLAS...NORTHEAST COLES...SOUTHERN EDGAR AND MUCH OF 

  CLARK COUNTIES. LOCALLY 6 OR MORE INCHES OF RAIN WAS ESTIMATED OVER

  SOUTHWEST EDGAR COUNTY NEAR KANSAS.



* A BAND OF THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS

  THE WARNING AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 

  1 TO 2 INCHES BEFORE DIMINISHING BY 4 AM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS 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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