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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

223 AM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MENARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  MASON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 830 AM CDT



* AT 220 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO 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 4037 8974 4002 8962 3991 9049 4043 8989



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