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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

821 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PIATT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 200 AM CDT



* AT 816 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS ALL OF PIATT COUNTY.  

  3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED ACROSS NORTHERN PIATT 

  COUNTY NORTH OF DE LAND...AND ALSO SOUTH OF PIATT COUNTY...SOUTH 

  OF BEMENT...SINCE EARLIER TODAY.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS   

  PIATT COUNTY THIS EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 

  6 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY 

  BY MIDNIGHT...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES COMMON IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE 

  COUNTY. 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.



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 4021 8848 3983 8848 3981 8874 4023 8863



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