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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

517 PM CDT FRI APR 12 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  SOUTHERN VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 513 PM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN PARIS. ALSO...

  ISOLATED FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN SOUTHERN VERMILION COUNTY...

  NEAR GEORGETOWN. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED

  THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE AREA SINCE 4 PM.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS

  VERMILION AND EDGAR COUTNIES FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. RAINFALL

  AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES BY 6 PM. THESE

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL CONTINUE TO 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.



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING NEAR STREAMS...CREEKS AND

NEARBY FARMLAND. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON COUNTY ROADS AND IN LOW

LYING AREAS. NEVER CROSS AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADS.



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.



LAT...LON 4025 8753 3949 8754 3949 8794 4025 8793



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