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WGUS53 KLOT 230928

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ILC075-231500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

428 AM CDT FRI AUG 23 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN IROQUOIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT



* AT 428 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 1 AND 

2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHWEST IROQUOIS COUNTY. 

IROQUOIS COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED MINOR FLOODING IN LODA AT 420 AM. 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THIS 

HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE MORE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING LATER THIS MORNING.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  BUCKLEY...

  CISSNA PARK...

  LODA...

  MILFORD...

  ONARGA...



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.



REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT

AGENCY AND HAVE THEM RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE.



LAT...LON 4077 8760 4055 8759 4055 8806 4076 8805



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