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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

203 AM CDT SAT APR 20 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  SOUTHERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT



* AT 2 AM CDT...THE CHAMPAIGN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE WAS STILL

  REPORTING SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF 

  CHAMPAIGN COUNTY. NUMEROUS ROADS STILL CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATERS IN

  AREAS FROM PESOTUM TO BROADLANDS. PORTIONS OF EXTREME NORTHERN 

  DOUGLAS COUNTY ARE LIKELY EXPERIENCING SIMILAR CONDITIONS...

  ESPECIALLY IN THE VILLA GROVE AREA.



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.



LAT...LON 4000 8797 3981 8797 3981 8847 4000 8846



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