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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

400 PM 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 1000 PM CDT



* AT 400 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE THIS MORNING OVER THE WARNED

  AREA. SEVERAL LOCATIONS REPORTED IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES OF

  RAINFALL. ANOTHER BATCH OF THUNDERSTORMS IS NOW MOVING ACROSS

  THE AREA...WHICH WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN AND 

  AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION.



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 8911 4038 8874 4036 9043 4111 9041



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