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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

510 AM CDT SUN APR 21 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT



* AT 504 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA SINCE MIDNIGHT. RADAR

  WAS ESTIMATING TOTAL RAINFALL APPROACHING 2 INCHES.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE

  AREA. RAINFALL RATES THROUGH 7 AM COULD EXCEED AN INCH AN HOUR. 

  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 3987 8797 3970 8796 3965 8847 3959 8879

          3979 8875 3979 8846 3987 8845



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