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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

241 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MASON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 830 PM CDT



* AT 237 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING OVER PARTS OF MASON COUNTY...ESPECIALLY 

  FROM SNICARTE TO MASON CITY. DOPPLER RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM THE

  PAST HOUR INDICATE THAT FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN

  THIS AREA. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAINS WHICH OCCURRED 

  EARLIER THIS MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL 

  CONTINUE ACROSS THIS AREA THROUGH 400 PM...WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE

  RAINS CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING. 



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 4043 8984 4024 8964 4018 8981 4007 9019

          4021 9016



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