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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

921 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SCHUYLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 300 AM CDT



* AT 920 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS SCHUYLER COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN 

  AREAS NORTH OF A CAMDEN TO RUSHVILLE LINE. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED

  AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED THIS EVENING. 



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ACROSS

  SCHUYLER COUNTY THROUGH AT LEAST MIDNIGHT AS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS

  PERSIST. RAINFALL RATES WILL LIKELY EXCEED AN INCH AN HOUR DURING

  THIS PERIOD. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH 

  FLOODING.



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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