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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

352 AM CDT WED JUN 5 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN DE WITT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT



* AT 352 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN EAST OF WAPELLA. 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN

  HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 230 AM.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS

  EASTERN DE WITT COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM    

  2 TO 4 INCHES BY 500 AM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY 

  PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO JUDGE HOW

MUCH WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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 4027 8860 4013 8874 4007 8891 4026 8899



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