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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1012 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 400 PM CDT



* AT 1012 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH CHRISTIAN COUNTY 

  AND ENTERING SHELBY COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UPWARDS OF 3 

  INCHES OF RAIN FELL LATE LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS 

  PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY. 

  WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING...

  UPWARDS OF AN ADDITIONAL 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON... 

  FLASH FLOODING WILL BE 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 3966 8886 3942 8854 3921 8848 3922 8914

          3936 8914 3937 8953 3965 8954 3979 8925

          3965 8913



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