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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

205 AM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SCHUYLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT



* AT 200 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. 

    

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT 

  LEAST 4 AM. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE 

  COMMON. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 2 TO 4

  INCHES. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



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 4027 9047 4010 9043 4000 9051 4014 9085

          4028 9091



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