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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

753 PM CDT FRI APR 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 200 AM CDT



* AT 749 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING NEAR VILLA GROVE. THREE INCHES OF RAIN

  HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 6 PM.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS

  EXTREME NORTHERN DOUGLAS AND SOUTHERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES.

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 5 TO 6 INCHES BY

  10 PM. 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.



LAT...LON 4006 8795 3978 8796 3978 8845 4006 8847



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