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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

229 AM CDT MON AUG 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 830 AM CDT



* AT 227 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING OVER EXTREME NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY...FROM

  NEAR RANKIN TO HOOPESTON TO JUST NORTH OF ROSSVILLE. IN THIS AREA...

  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THE FROM 2 TO 3

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE 

  NORTHERN HALF OF VERMILION COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE 

  FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES BY 400 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 8755 4012 8755 4012 8794 4049 8794



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