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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

753 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL NOON CDT



* AT 748 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING INTO SANGAMON COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF 

ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. TWO 

TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY 

OVERNIGHT. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS MORNING WILL CAUSE EXCESSIVE 

RUNOFF AND 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 3982 8965 3957 8960 3957 8989 3981 8990



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