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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1244 AM CDT WED JUN 12 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT



* AT 1240 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING 

  THROUGH THE AREA. RADAR WAS ESTIMATING RAINFALL RATES EXCEEDING

  2 INCHES AN HOUR WITH THESE STORMS. 



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS

  THE AREA THROUGH AT LEAST 4 AM. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES

  AN HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY 

  PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY SINCE SOILS ARE ALREADY

  SATURATED FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINS.



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 3978 9047 3954 9032 3955 9057 3975 9060



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