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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

935 AM CDT SAT JUL 21 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WOODFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT



* AT 932 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM NEAR WASHBURN TO LOW POINT. WOODFORD

  COUNTY ESDA REPORTED THAT 4.9 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ALONG ROUTE

  89 NEAR LOW POINT OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WOODFORD 

  COUNTY FOR THE NEXT HOUR. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 

  2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WOODFORD COUNTY WITH 

  ISOLATED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. 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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