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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1215 AM CDT THU MAY 9 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  WOODFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 1205 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. SPOTTER

  REPORTS INDICATE THAT SOME ROADS ARE BECOMING FLOODED. PERIODS OF

  HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PERSIST THROUGH 2 AM...WHICH WILL ENHANCE THE

  FLOODING POTENTIAL.



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 4109 8908 4063 8905 4059 8987 4098 8965

          4114 8964



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