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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

525 AM CDT MON AUG 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT



* AT 525 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUE 

  ACROSS PARTS OF CHAMPAIGN AND VERMILION COUNTIES. THIS WARNING 

  REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNINGS THAT WERE ISSUED FOR NORTHERN 

  VERMILION AND CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES EARLIER THIS MORNING. AREAS

  FROM RANKIN TO JUST SOUTH OF HOOPESTON HAVE RECEIVED IN EXCESS

  OF 6 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE LATE LAST NIGHT WITH DOPPLER RAINFALL

  ESTIMATES CLOSING IN ON TEN INCHES. VERMILION COUNTY ESDA REPORTED

  THAT EVACUATIONS WERE UNDERWAY IN THE TOWN OF HOOPESTON. 



  FURTHER EAST AND SOUTH IN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY...RAINFALL ESTIMATES RANGE 

  FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY. THE BAND 

  OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO SLIP SOUTH ACROSS BOTH VERMILION AND 

  CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO WITH RAINFALL RATES OF FROM

  1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE.



THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION IN THESE COUNTIES. BE ESPECIALLY 

CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. 

IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO JUDGE HOW MUCH WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. DO 

NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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 4042 8760 3993 8758 3994 8840 4038 8840





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