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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1115 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MASON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 515 AM CDT



* AT 1104 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR HAVANA. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS

  BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 930 PM.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MASON

  COUNTY. 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 4012 9015 4018 8994 4023 8979 4038 8985



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