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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

318 AM CDT TUE MAY 7 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT



* AT 311 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  HEAVY RAINS FALLING OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...SOUTH 

  OF INTERSTATE 72 AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF 

  RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 1 AM.



* 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 OVER 4 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 4011 8846 4014 8755 3921 8762 3925 8905

          3965 8902 3966 8880 3979 8874 3979 8846



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