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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

241 PM CDT MON MAY 6 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 240 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS CLAY...RICHLAND AND LAWRENCE 

  COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN

  SINCE LAST NIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO 

  DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. THE COOPERATIVE 

  WEATHER OBSERVER IN LAWRENCEVILLE REPORTED 2.38 INCHES HAS FALLEN 

  SINCE 6 AM. ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING 

  ACROSS THE AREA.



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 3884 8752 3861 8766 3863 8869 3886 8869



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