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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1251 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 645 PM CDT



* AT 1248 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN 3 MILES NORTH OF IPAVA. 

  3 TO 4 INCHES INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 1000 AM.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS

  FULTON COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 

  INCHES BY 300 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.



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.



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 4061 8989 4034 9008 4030 9042 4068 9043



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