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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

840 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DE WITT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 200 AM CDT



* AT 839 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS LOGAN AND DE WITT COUNTIES. RADAR

  ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS 

  MUCH OF NOTHERN LOGAN COUNTY AND NORTHERN DE WITT COUNTY SINCE 

  EARLIER TODAY.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS LOGAN 

  AND DE WITT COUNTIES THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. TOTAL RAINFALL 

  AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN LOGAN 

  AND NORTHERN DE WITT COUNTY...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS IN 

  EXCESS OF 8 INCHES...ESPECIALLY IN THE FARMER CITY AREA OF EASTERN 

  DE WITT COUNTY. ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTIES...3 

  TO 5 INCHES OF TOTAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY FALL BY MIDNIGHT. THESE

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL CAUSE 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 4028 8864 4006 8877 4004 8957 4028 8958



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