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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

455 AM CDT MON JUL 9 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT



* AT 455 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM EAST OF NEWTON TO ROBINSON. ONE TO 

  TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 400 AM. LOCALLY 6 OR 

  MORE INCHES OF RAIN WAS ESTIMATED OVER EASTERN JASPER COUNTY AND   

  NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY. 



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS

  NEWTON TO ROBINSON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE

  FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES BY 700 AM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL

  LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR 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.



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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