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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1055 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 500 AM CDT



* AT 1050 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS CLAY COUNTY.

  2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 9 PM.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS

  CLAY COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 3 TO 4

  INCHES BY 1 AM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH

  FLOODING.



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ON FLOOD PRONE

HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. NEVER WALK OR DRIVE INTO FLOODED

AREAS AND ABANDON VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATERS.



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 3887 8832 3869 8834 3865 8863 3885 8856



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