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ILC023-091700-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

856 AM CDT MON JUL 9 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL NOON CDT



* AT 850 AM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS CONTINUED IN MARTINSVILLE.

  MARTINSVILLE POLICE REPORTED THAT THE KETTERING AND LITTLE CREEKS 

  WERE STILL OUT IF ITS BANKS CLOSING SOME ROADS IN MARTINSVILLE.  

 

  UNION STREET MAY BE WASHED OUT. JEFFERSON AND YORK STREETS HAD 

  WATER OVER THE ROAD. 

  

  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND OBSERVERS ESTIMATED 

  THAT 6-8 INCHES OF INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN  OVER THE AREA 

  OVERNIGHT.  8-10 INCHES OF RAINFALL THAT FELL UPSTREAM WILL ONLY 

  PROLONG THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT THIS MORNING.  



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.



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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KETCHAM 

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