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ILC033-079-170630-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

733 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006



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 130 AM CDT



* AT 727 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

  SHERIFF OFFICE IN JASPER COUNTY REPORTED FLOODED ROADS 

  THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. 



* 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...NEWTON...ROBINSON...ANNAPOLIS...BOGOTA...EATON...FLAT

  ROCK...HARDINVILLE...HIDALGO...HUTSONVILLE...NEW HEBRON...OBLONG

  AND PALESTINE.



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 3917 8768 3886 8755 3887 8835 3916 8833



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