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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1121 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 500 PM CDT



* AT 1120 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR   

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH EFFINGHAM AND JASPER

  COUNTIES...APPROACHING CRAWFORD COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 

  2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS PORTIONS OF EFFINGHAM COUNTY LATE 

  LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH UP TO 3 INCHES IN JASPER 

  AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES. UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 3 INCHES WILL BE 

  POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS MOVING THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING AND 

  INTO THIS AFTERNOON...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 3916 8767 3884 8755 3891 8836 3891 8882

          3919 8883



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