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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

410 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  MORGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT



* AT 405 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING IN A BAND FROM MEREDOSIA TO WAVERLY TO 

  PAWNEE. RADAR WAS ESTIMATING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES 

  SINCE 2 AM. AT 405 AM...SANGAMON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICES REPORTED

  FLOODING ON ROUTE 104...EAST OF WAVERLY.  

 

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE

  AREA PAST DAYBREAK. RAINFALL RATES APPROACHING 2 INCHES AN 

  HOUR WILL BE LIKELY AT TIMES. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY 

  PRODUCE 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 3982 8948 3954 8955 3955 9016 3986 9047



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