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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

125 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 730 PM CDT



* AT 118 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF CHAMPAIGN AND 

  VERMILION COUNTIES. THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 11 AM.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THIS 

  AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM THREE TO FOUR INCHES 

  BY 230 PM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH 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 4029 8841 3999 8843 4005 8754 4031 8755

          4030 8792



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