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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

528 AM CDT SUN APR 21 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT



* AT 525 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 8 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 3989 8756 3961 8754 3960 8796 3988 8794



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