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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

654 PM CDT THU JUN 22 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS.



* UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY



* AT 648 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD OCCURRED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN.  

  MORE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE COUNTY 

  DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL 

  WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THESE STORMS.  THIS WILL MAKE FLASH 

  FLOODING POSSIBLE IN THE AREA THIS EVENING.



* 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...EFFINGHAM...ALTAMONT...BEECHER CITY...DIETERICH...

  SHUMWAY...TEUTOPOLIS...WATSON...ELLIOTSTOWN...HEARTVILLE...MASON

  AND MOCCASIN.



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 3920 8848 3916 8848 3915 8839 3893 8839

      3892 8880 3920 8879



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