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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

906 AM CDT SUN APR 21 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 300 PM CDT



* AT 9 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE 

  COUNTY. RADAR IS ESTIMATING 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY

  FALLEN EARLY THIS MORNING. 



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS

  THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH AT LEAST 11 AM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

  AMOUNTS COULD REACH 2 TO 3 INCHES THIS MORNING WITH RAINFALL 

  RATES OF AN INCH AN HOUR. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN 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 3964 8803 3941 8804 3939 8845 3964 8846



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