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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1237 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MENARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  MASON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  SCHUYLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 630 PM CDT



* AT 1235 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING FROM VIRGINIA NORTHEAST TO

  LAWNDALE. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES SINCE 900 AM RANGE FROM

  ONE TO TWO INCHES ACROSS THE AREA. RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW ADDITIONAL

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST 

  MISSOURI MOVING NORTHEAST INTO WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE ADDITIONAL

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME 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. IT ONLY TAKES A FOOT OR TWO OF WATER TO 

WASH MOST VEHICLES AWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATERS SHOULD BE 

ABANDONED QUICKLY.



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 4027 8935 4002 8923 3991 9047 4020 9081

          4017 8984



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