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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

938 PM CDT TUE AUG 26 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  BROWN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 145 AM CDT



* AT 938 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IN AND AROUND HIGHWAY

24 FROM NORTHEAST ADAMS COUNTY AND MUCH OF BROWN COUNTY.



* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE   

AFFECTING THE AREA.  A WEATHER SPOTTER 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 

MOUNT STERLING RECORDED 3.00 INCHES OF RAINFALL THROUGH 930 PM

AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS CONTINUING. SOME AREAS OF BROWN AND NORTHEAST

ADAMS COUNTY WILL RECEIVE 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL TONIGHT. THIS

WILL MAKE STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES FILL OR FLOOD QUICKLY THROUGH

THE NIGHT. MACREE AND OTHER STREAMS WILL RECEIVE THE BRUNT OF THE

RUNOFF.



IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IMMINENT...MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER

GROUND. NEVER DRIVE INTO AN AREA WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE

TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT

TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 4006 9057 3985 9057 3979 9095 4024 9156

          4020 9094



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