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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

711 AM CDT FRI AUG 16 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 1015 AM CDT



* AT 706 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING OVER SOUTHERN MCLEAN COUNTY. UP TO 3 INCHES

  OF RAIN WAS ESTIMATED FROM STORMS EARLIER THIS MORNING...AND RADAR

  INDICATED THAT ANOTHER PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR THIS

  MORNING.



* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES

  THROUGH 9 AM. 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 4050 8847 4030 8848 4030 8925 4050 8926



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