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ILC029-045-280900-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1155 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 400 AM CDT



* AT 1149 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER COLES AND EDGAR COUNTIES

  IN THE PAST HOUR. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED

  SINCE 11 PM.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS

  COLES AND EDGAR COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM

  HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH BY 1 AM. 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. 



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 3982 8755 3950 8754 3948 8803 3941 8846

          3965 8837 3966 8799



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