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WGUS53 KLOT 190712

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ILC053-075-191100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

209 AM CDT MON AUG 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  IROQUOIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 206 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS 

WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN FORD COUNTY INTO 

SOUTHWESTERN IROQUOIS COUNTY.  RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES 

HAD FALLEN BETWEEN 1 AND 2 AM OVER MUCH OF THIS AREA. 



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  BUCKLEY...

  CISSNA PARK...

  ELLIOTT...

  GIBSON...

  LODA...

  PAXTON...



ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO 

MONDAY MORNING.

 

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT...AND WATCH FOR FLOODED ROADS.



IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROAD...TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE

ROUTE. A CAR OR SMALL TRUCK CAN BE SWEPT OFF A ROAD AND INTO A STREAM

BY AS LITTLE AS TWO FEET OF WATER.



LAT...LON 4063 8786 4041 8786 4040 8846 4062 8847



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