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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

356 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

  MENARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS.



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT



* AT 352 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR 

  ACROSS PARTS OF LOGAN AND MENARD 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...LINCOLN...ATHENS...ATLANTA...BEASON...CHESTNUT...

  ELKHART...EMDEN...GREENVIEW...HARTSBURG...MIDDLETOWN...MOUNT       

  PULASKI...NEW HOLLAND AND PETERSBURG.



AT 355 PM...LOGAN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED 6 TO 8 INCHES OF 

WATER COVERING ILLINOIS HIGHWAY 10 IN NEW HOLLAND. MORE 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO LOGAN AND MENARD COUNTIES...SO MORE 

RAINFALL IS LIKELY.



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 4028 8927 4028 8917 3997 8915 3997 8949

      3999 8950 4000 8968 3993 8972 3992 8997

      4014 8996 4013 8974 4016 8966 4015 8957

      4032 8959 4032 8928



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