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ILC021-020015-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

124 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 715 PM CDT



* AT 119 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN MORRISONVILLE...ASSUMPTION 

  AND PANA. 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE NOON.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS TO MOVE

  ACROSS MUCH OF CHRISTIAN COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF

  UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON. 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 3983 8923 3966 8915 3963 8905 3938 8905

          3938 8952 3965 8950



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