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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

517 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  MORGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT



* AT 515 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS 

  NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY AND NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY LATE THIS 

  AFTERNOON. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UPWARDS OF 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

  FALLEN ACROSS THE REGION SINCE 4 PM.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS

  PORTIONS OF SCOTT AND MORGAN COUNTIES WITH UPWARDS OF 5 INCHES 

  LIKELY BY EVENING. 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 3986 9032 3974 9025 3968 9048 3977 9053



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