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ILC079-271200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

301 AM CDT THU MAY 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT



* AT 255 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 24 HOURS ACROSS JASPER COUNTY.

  2 TO 4 INCHES OF INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE EARLY 

  YESTERDAY.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN

  JASPER COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND AN INCH ARE LIKELY

  BY 5 AM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AGGRAVATE THE ONGOING FLOODING

  ACROSS THE COUNTY.



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.



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 3915 8798 3889 8799 3888 8834 3913 8831



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