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ILC115-010045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

440 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS.



* UNTIL 745 PM CDT



* AT 435 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 2 PM OVER      

  CENTRAL MACON COUNTY AROUND DECATUR.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE 

  WARNED AREA WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH 7 PM 

  OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MACON COUNTY. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE 

  RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT   

  WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...DECATUR... BLUE MOUND...        

  FORSYTH... HARRISTOWN... LONG CREEK... MACON... MOUNT ZION... 

  NIANTIC... OREANA... WARRENSBURG... BOODY AND ELWIN.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND

UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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

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



LAT...LON 3996 8876 3966 8883 3966 8912 3994 8922



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