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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

542 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MORGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 537 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY...NEAR 

CONCORD. 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED BY RADAR SINCE 5 

PM.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ALONG A LINE 

FROM CONCORD...TO JACKSONVILLE...TO FRANKLIN AND NORTONVILLE THROUGH 

8 PM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE 

POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FROM CONCORD...TO JACKSONVILLE. 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.



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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