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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

553 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT 550 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS DEVELOPING ACROSS MACON COUNTY...INCLUDING

  DECATUR.  



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE

  AREA INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. RAINFALL RATES COULD APPROACH 

  2 INCHES AN HOUR AT TIMES. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY 

  PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ON FLOOD PRONE

HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. NEVER WALK OR DRIVE INTO FLOODED

AREAS AND ABANDON VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATERS.



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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