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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

108 AM CDT THU JUL 10 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DE WITT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  PIATT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  MASON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 104 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE 

  INTENSE RAINFALL WHICH OCCURRED ACROSS THE AREA WAS BEGINNING

  TO DIMINISH. HOWEVER...EVEN THOUGH RAINFALL RATES WERE DECREASING

  ACROSS THE AREA...THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT HAS NOT. 3 HOURLY RAINFALL

  ESTIMATE RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA...WHICH IS ADDING

  TO RAINFALL WHICH OCCURRED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA. 

  LOCATIONS FROM MASON CITY TO LINCOLN TO FARMER CITY WERE IN THE 

  PATH OF THE MOST INTENSE RAINFALL WEDNESDAY EVENING AND EARLY THIS

  THURSDAY MORNING. 

  

MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE INTO AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES A

FOOT OR TWO OF WATER TO WASH MOST VEHICLES AWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN

RISING WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.



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 4033 8948 4028 8908 4027 8847 4003 8849

          4016 8930 4016 9018 4032 8997



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