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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

735 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROMEOVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  IROQUOIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT



* AT 735 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES ACROSS NORTHWEST IROQUOIS COUNTY 

  JUST WEST OF INTERSTATE 57. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE

  ACROSS THESE AREAS THROUGH 830 PM CDT...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

  OF UP TO TWO INCHES.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CLIFTON AND

  CHEBANSE.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

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

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

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



LAT...LON 4081 8812 4078 8773 4101 8765 4100 8812



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