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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

446 AM CDT SUN JUL 29 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 745 AM CDT



* AT 442 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM NOBLE IN SOUTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY

  TO LAWRENCEVILLE. DOPPLER RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE FROM TWO 

  TO THREE INCHES HAS FALLEN SINCE 300 AM. THIS IS IN ADDITION

  TO THE ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN THAT HAD FALLEN IN THIS

  AREA LATE YESTERDAY . 



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE FROM NOBLE 

  TO CALHOUN TO JUST SOUTH OF LAWRENCEVILLE THROUGH 600 AM. 

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM ONE TO TWO 

  INCHES BY 600 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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO JUDGE HOW

MUCH WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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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