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WGUS53 KILX 062106

FFWILX

ILC023-029-035-070000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

403 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

  COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.



* UNTIL 700 PM CDT



* AT 400 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN THIS

  AREA SO FAR TODAY ESPECIALLY IN COLES AND EDGAR COUNTIES.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING

  INCLUDE...CHARLESTON...MARSHALL...MATTOON...TOLEDO...CASEY...

  CLARKSVILLE...COOKS MILL...GREENUP...HAZEL DELL...JANESVILLE...

  JEWETT AND LERNA.



UP TO 2 FEET OF WATER WAS OBSERVED ON A STREET ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 

MATTOON AT 355 PM. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING AN 

ADDITIONAL 1 TO LOCALLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN TO THIS AREA BEFORE LETTING 

UP BETWEEN 6 AND 7 PM. THIS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO MORE FLOODING.



FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND

CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND

PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS...OR WATERS

OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE.



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

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



LAT...LON 3946 8755 3919 8765 3919 8846 3960 8847

      3950 8798



$$



KH

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000 

WGUS53 KILX 062106

FFWILX

ILC023-029-035-070000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

403 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

  COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.



* UNTIL 700 PM CDT



* AT 400 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN THIS

  AREA SO FAR TODAY ESPECIALLY IN COLES AND EDGAR COUNTIES.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING

  INCLUDE...CHARLESTON...MARSHALL...MATTOON...TOLEDO...CASEY...

  CLARKSVILLE...COOKS MILL...GREENUP...HAZEL DELL...JANESVILLE...

  JEWETT AND LERNA.



UP TO 2 FEET OF WATER WAS OBSERVED ON A STREET ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 

MATTOON AT 355 PM. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING AN 

ADDITIONAL 1 TO LOCALLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN TO THIS AREA BEFORE LETTING 

UP BETWEEN 6 AND 7 PM. THIS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO MORE FLOODING.



FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND

CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND

PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS...OR WATERS

OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE.



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

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



LAT...LON 3946 8755 3919 8765 3919 8846 3960 8847

      3950 8798



$$



KH

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