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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

510 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT



* AT 503 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  RAINFALL OF UP TO 1 INCH HAS OCCURRED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

  PANA.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS

  SHELBY COUNTY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS 

  SHELBY COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 1 TO 3

  INCHES BY 700 AM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE 

  FLASH FLOODING.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE INTO AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 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 3941 8865 3927 8859 3927 8904 3951 8888



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