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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

239 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DE WITT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 7 PM CDT



* AT 235 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO DEVELOP

  ALONG AND SOUTH OF ROUTE 54 FROM KENNEY TO CLINTON TO FARMER CITY. 

  RAINFALL ESTIMATES WERE APPROACHING 2 INCHES AN HOUR. 



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE

  AREA THROUGH AT LEAST 4 PM. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY 

  ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR 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 4028 8870 4007 8879 4006 8914 4019 8914



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