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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

355 AM CDT MON JUL 9 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT



* AT 350 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS LAWRENCE COUNTY. BETWEEN 2 AND

  3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 1 AM OVER WESTERN

  LAWRENCE COUNTY WEST OF LAWRENCEVILLE.



* CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL DRIFT SOUTH

  ACROSS LAWRENCE COUNTY THROUGH 6 AM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY 

  RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCAL 3 INCH AMOUNTS NEAR THE WABASH

  RIVER. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



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.



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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