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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

608 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 900 AM CDT



* AT 600 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED LIGHT TO MODERATE

  RAIN CONTINUING TO FALL OVER THE AREA...THUS THE FLASH FLOOD       

  WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 900 AM CDT. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 3    

  TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER MUCH OF FORD AND

  IROQUOIS COUNTIES OVERNIGHT...WITH SOME SPOTS RECEIVING AS MUCH AS 

  6 INCHES. AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED BEFORE

  ENDING LATER THIS MORNING.

    

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  BUCKLEY...

  CISSNA PARK...

  GIBSON...

  GILMAN...

  MILFORD...

  ONARGA...



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE NEAR RISING WATER...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



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