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ILC183-290530-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

630 PM CDT SAT AUG 28 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT



* AT 626 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM RANKIN EAST TO HOOPESTON. DOPPLER

  HOURLY RAINFALL ESTIMATES SINCE 500 PM RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES IN

  THIS AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS

  THIS AREA THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY 

  1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF VERMILION COUNTY BY 800 PM

  WHICH 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 4049 8756 4012 8755 4011 8794 4047 8794



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