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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1143 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 330 AM CDT



* AT 1140 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY...NEAR

  NEWMAN. 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 1030 PM.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS

  DOUGLAS COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 5 TO

  6 INCHES BY 1 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 3988 8825 3975 8826 3973 8798 3987 8796



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