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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

518 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT



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

  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY NEAR

  TAYLORVILLE. BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER 

  AMOUNTS HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 4 PM AROUND TAYLORVILLE.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS

  CENTRAL CHRISTIAN INTO CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

  WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES BY 7 PM. THESE RAINFALL 

  AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ESPECIALLY FROM

  TAYLORVILLE TO SHELBYVILLE.



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.



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 3959 8878 3936 8878 3936 8927 3961 8951



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