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WGUS53 KILX 252257

FFWILX

ILC039-113-115-260445-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

552 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  DE WITT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT



* AT 541 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM NEAR MCLEAN SOUTH TO NEAR 

  WARRENSBURG. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE

  500 PM. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL

  CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. 



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS

  MACON... DE WITT...AND MCLEAN COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL

  LIKELY RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES BY 900 PM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS

  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.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE INTO AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES A

FOOT OR TWO OF WATER TO WASH MOST VEHICLES AWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN

RISING WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.



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 4064 8859 4061 8847 4030 8847 4030 8857

      4010 8869 4009 8876 3980 8875 3966 8882

      3966 8914 3980 8914 3982 8922 3991 8922

      3992 8914 4028 8915 4029 8927 4060 8927

      4066 8900 4076 8898 4075 8859



$$



EH

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000 

WGUS53 KILX 252257

FFWILX

ILC039-113-115-260445-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

552 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  DE WITT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT



* AT 541 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM NEAR MCLEAN SOUTH TO NEAR 

  WARRENSBURG. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE

  500 PM. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL

  CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. 



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS

  MACON... DE WITT...AND MCLEAN COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL

  LIKELY RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES BY 900 PM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS

  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.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE INTO AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES A

FOOT OR TWO OF WATER TO WASH MOST VEHICLES AWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN

RISING WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.



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 4064 8859 4061 8847 4030 8847 4030 8857

      4010 8869 4009 8876 3980 8875 3966 8882

      3966 8914 3980 8914 3982 8922 3991 8922

      3992 8914 4028 8915 4029 8927 4060 8927

      4066 8900 4076 8898 4075 8859



$$



EH



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