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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

905 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 300 AM CDT



* AT 903 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS PEORIA AND TAZEWELL COUNTIES.

  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN 

  ACROSS MUCH OF PEORIA AND TAZEWELL COUNTY SINCE EARLIER TODAY.

  AS MUCH AS 5 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN LOCALIZED SPOTS ACROSS 

  SOUTHERN TAZEWELL COUNTY. AT 9 PM...TAZEWELL COUNTY ESDA REPORTED

  FLOODING OF ROADWAYS BETWEEN MANITO AND GREEN VALLEY.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS

  TAZEWELL AND PEORIA COUNTIES TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL 

  LIKELY RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES INCHES BY 1 AM...WITH LOCALLY 

  HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. 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 4074 8937 4034 8929 4034 8964 4073 8995

          4097 8996 4097 8949 4074 8960



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