

000 

WGUS53 KILX 070735

FFWSPI



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

218 AM CDT TUE MAY 7 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  MENARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  PIATT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  MORGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT



* AT 210 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  HEAVY RAINS FALLING OVER AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 72 

  IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN 

  ESTIMATED SINCE 11 PM.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE 

  SAME AREA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

  AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES OVER THE NEXT 

  SEVERAL HOURS WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES BY 

  MORNING. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO JUDGE HOW

MUCH WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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 4006 8926 4005 8876 4012 8848 3986 8850

          3968 8904 3955 8955 3954 9059 4006 9039



AUTEN



NNNN

