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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1155 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 400 AM CDT



* AT 1151 PM CDT...MINOR FLOODING WAS REPORTED AT LAWRENCEVILLE AND

  ON ROUTE 50 NEAR ZENIA.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR    

  ESTIMATED THAT ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE

  AREA SINCE 1000 PM.  



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS

  SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE

  FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES BY 200 AM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL

  LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



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 3907 8769 3864 8768 3869 8863 3886 8793



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