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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

619 AM CDT FRI AUG 16 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 915 AM CDT



* AT 616 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER LOGAN COUNTY. OVER 3 INCHES OF

  RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 3 AM.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE

  AREA...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN LOGAN COUNTY. SOME ROADS IN

  LINCOLN...AS WELL AS SOME RURAL ROADS HAVE WATER ON THEM...AND

  ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE THE ROADS TO BECOME

  IMPASSABLE.



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 4027 8919 3994 8919 4000 8958 4014 8951



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