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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

230 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 630 PM CDT



* AT 230 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED TWO TO THREE 

INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ALREADY THIS AFTERNOON. MORE THUNDERSTORMS 

WILL MOVE THROUGH FORD COUNTY THROUGH THE REST OF THE 

AFTERNOON...AND THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FOUR 

INCHES OF RIAN OVER THE AFFECTED AREA.



* THE TOWNS OF GIBSON CITY AND MELVIN ARE IN THE AREA OF THE 

FLOODING.



IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROAD...TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE

ROUTE. A CAR OR SMALL TRUCK...INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS...CAN BE 

SWEPT OFF A ROAD AND INTO A STREAM BY AS LITTLE AS TWO FEET OF WATER.



LAT...LON 4060 8845 4043 8846 4043 8814 4073 8815

          4063 8825

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