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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

917 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  MORGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 300 PM CDT



* AT 917 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTY. RADAR 

  ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 2 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN SCOTT COUNTY OVER A 

  ONE HOUR TIME. THUNDERSTORMS WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN ARE 

  EXPECTED TO TRACK OVER THE SAME LOCATION...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 

  INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE MORNING. THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL TRACK 

  EAST INTO MORGAN AND SANGAMON COUNTY LATE THIS MORNING...WITH 

  FLASH FLOODING LIKELY.



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 3988 8923 3970 8947 3953 8959 3954 9057

          3987 9058 3986 8998 3997 8958



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