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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

532 PM CDT SUN JUL 28 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DE WITT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 830 PM CDT



* AT 526 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER NORTHEAST LOGAN AND WEST CENTRAL DE WITT

  COUNTIES...PARTICULARLY ALONG KICKAPOO CREEK. FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS

  BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 3 PM.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO

  INCHES PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE KICKAPOO CREEK BASIN IN

  NORTHEAST LOGAN AND WESTERN DE WITT COUNTIES THROUGH 8 PM.

  THESE RAINFALL RATES WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING NEAR STREAMS...CREEKS AND

NEARBY FARMLAND. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON COUNTY ROADS AND IN LOW

LYING AREAS. NEVER CROSS AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADS.



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 4029 8877 4013 8871 4010 8930 4024 8937



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