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000 

WGUS53 KILX 250441

FFWILX

ILC017-107-125-129-251045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1139 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MENARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  MASON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 545 AM CDT



* AT 1134 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING FROM CASS COUNTY EASTWARD INTO LOGAN COUNTY.

  TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 10 PM.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL RATES OF TWO TO THREE

  INCHES PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THESE COUNTIES THROUGH

  130 AM. THESE RAINFALL RATES 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.



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 4029 8933 4000 8923 3992 9046 4031 9000



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BARKER



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000 

WGUS53 KILX 250441

FFWILX

ILC017-107-125-129-251045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1139 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MENARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  MASON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 545 AM CDT



* AT 1134 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING FROM CASS COUNTY EASTWARD INTO LOGAN COUNTY.

  TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 10 PM.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL RATES OF TWO TO THREE

  INCHES PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THESE COUNTIES THROUGH

  130 AM. THESE RAINFALL RATES 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.



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 4029 8933 4000 8923 3992 9046 4031 9000



$$



BARKER

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