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ILC033-079-290430-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

537 PM CDT SAT AUG 28 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT



* AT 532 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM JUST EAST OF NEWTON TO NEAR OBLONG.

  DOPPLER HOURLY RAINFALL ESTIMATES RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES IN 

  THIS AREA SINCE 400 PM. 

  

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS

  THIS AREA THROUGH THE EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE

  FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES BY 700 PM THIS EVENING. THE HEAVY RAINFALL 

  RECEIVED EARLIER IN THE WEEK IN ADDITION TO THE EXCESSIVE RAINS 

  EXPECTED THIS EVENING 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.



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 3916 8772 3889 8758 3888 8835 3917 8834



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