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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

648 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SALINE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.



* UNTIL 815 PM CDT.



* AT 643 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 2 FEET OF 

WATER OVER U.S. HIGHWAY 45 IN HARRISBURG. 



VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 

AROUND 715 PM. A STEADY RAIN WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 8 

PM. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF STREETS AND DITCHES IN 

SALINE COUNTY. SOME CREEK FLOODING MAY DEVELOP.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE RALEIGH...MUDDY...HARRISBURG...

  GALATIA AND ELDORADO.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3789 8869 3762 8868 3763 8839 3791 8838



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