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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1053 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  MORGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 445 AM CDT



* AT 1053 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN WEST OF JACKSONVILLE. 1 INCH OF RAIN

  HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 930 PM.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS

  SCOTT...MORGAN...AND CASS COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY

  RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES BY 100 AM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL

  LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



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 3960 9048 3959 9004 3996 9009 4002 9036



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