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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

354 AM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  MORGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT



* AT 354 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM JACKSONVILLE TO SPRINGFIELD TO

  LINCOLN IN THE PAST HOUR. UP TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS

  BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 3 AM.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL

  ILLINOIS THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY 

  RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES MORE BY 6 AM. 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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO JUDGE HOW

MUCH WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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 4028 8915 4005 8917 4006 8878 3977 8880

          3939 8951 3954 9060 3984 9057 3993 8960

          4030 8959



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