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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

417 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 9 PM CDT



* AT 415 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING

  FROM CHAMPAIGN WEST TO THE CHAMPAIGN COUNTY LINE. THESE STORMS HAVE

  A HISTORY OF PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR. 



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS  

  THIS AREA UNTIL AT LEAST 6 PM. THE MAIN THREAT WILL LIKELY BE

  URBAN FLOODING IN THE CHAMPAIGN AREA. SOME RURAL FLOODING IN LOW 

  LYING IS ALSO POSSIBLE AS STORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE COUNTY. 



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 4040 8796 4010 8795 3998 8846 4040 8846

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