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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

914 AM CDT FRI AUG 16 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

  MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 300 PM CDT



* AT 910 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ALONG INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN BLOOMINGTON AND

  LINCOLN. 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 4 AM.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER

  HOUR WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON. 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.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE INTO AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES A

FOOT OR TWO OF WATER TO WASH MOST VEHICLES AWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN

RISING WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.



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 4060 8866 4007 8877 4006 8916 3999 8958

          4032 8957 4033 8927 4059 8927



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