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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

903 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 300 AM CDT



* AT 856 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE MOVING BACK INTO

  THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL

  IN LOVINGTON WEST TO THE MACON COUNTY LINE.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL MOVE

  BACK INTO THE WARNED AREA THIS AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE

  RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS

  THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BETHANY...LOVINGTON...

  CADWELL AND LAKE CITY.



FLOODING IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT...AS DARKNESS OBSCURES THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST

LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 3979 8849 3963 8848 3959 8880 3973 8881

      3974 8876 3979 8875



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