

000 

WGUS53 KILX 121124

FFWSPI

ILC045-121630-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

620 AM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT



* AT 620 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS EDGAR COUNTY...ESPECIALLY THE

  NORTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH OF RAIN HAS

  BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 530 AM.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS

  EDGAR COUNTY THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY

  RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES BY 830 AM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL

  LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING NEAR STREAMS...CREEKS AND

NEARBY FARMLAND. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON COUNTY ROADS AND IN LOW

LYING AREAS. NEVER CROSS AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADS.



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 3987 8755 3951 8756 3952 8794 3988 8793



BYRD

NNNN

