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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1055 AM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 500 PM CDT



* AT 1055 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR TOLONO. 1 TO 2 INCHES

  OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 1000 AM.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS

  CHAMPAIGN AND VERMILION COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY

  RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES BY 100 PM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL

  LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE INTO AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES A

FOOT OR TWO OF WATER TO WASH MOST VEHICLES AWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN

RISING WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.



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 3996 8842 3995 8817 3999 8759 4042 8768



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