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ILC023-029-139-280500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

618 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT



* AT 615 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS MOULTRIRE...COLES AND CLARK 

  COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 

  FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS   

  MOULTRIE...COLES AND CLARK COUNTIES THIS EVENING. RAINFALL 

  AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES BY 9 PM. 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 3965 8797 3948 8797 3948 8755 3920 8761

          3920 8800 3939 8803 3939 8845 3955 8870

          3980 8876 3965 8845



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