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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1150 AM CDT SAT MAY 11 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MASON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  WOODFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  STARK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  KNOX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 400 PM CDT



* AT 1145 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS MORNING.

  1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS BEEN ESTIMATED THIS MORNING.

  ISOLATED ROADS OVER THE AREA HAVE SOME WATER OVER THEM...HOWEVER

  SITUATION WILL LIKELY WORSEN DURING THE AFTERNOON.



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 4103 8910 4043 8863 4034 8949 4009 9025

          4068 9039 4087 9017 4115 8972



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