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WGUS53 KLOT 282033

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ILC053-105-290230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

331 PM CDT SUN JUL 28 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  SOUTHERN FORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 930 PM CDT



* AT 331 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATED 

3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES...HAD 

FALLEN ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST LIVINGSTON COUNTY...AND ADJACENT 

AREAS OF FORD COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS APPEAR TO HAVE 

FALLEN ALONG THE LIVINGSTON AND FORD COUNTY LINE...BETWEEN STRAWN 

AND SIBLEY. IN ADDITION...A LINE OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS 

EXTENDED FROM SOUTHWEST FORD AND SOUTHERN LIVINGSTON COUNTIES...WEST 

THROUGH THE BLOOMINGTON AND CHILLICOTHE AREAS. THESE STORMS WERE 

DRIFTING SLOWLY EAST...AND WILL CONTINUE TO BRING POTENTIALLY HEAVY 

RAIN TO EXTREME SOUTHERN LIVINGSTON AND SOUTHWEST FORD COUNTIES THIS 

AFTERNOON.



RAPID FLOODING OF CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS...ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS

WILL OCCUR. EVACUATE AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING OCCURS.



LAT...LON 4078 8815 4048 8813 4050 8859 4078 8860



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