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000 

WGUS53 KILX 270031

FFWILX

ILC019-270430-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

729 PM CDT WED JUL 26 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT.



* AT 728 PM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM A THUNDERSTORM

  OVER THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF

  RAIN SINCE 6 PM.



THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THESE

AREAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 4 TO 5 INCHES BY 9 PM.

THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...CHAMPAIGN...

RANTOUL...FISHER...GIFFORD...LAKE OF THE WOODS...MAHOMET...PESOTUM...

PHILO...SAVOY...SEYMOUR...SIDNEY AND ST. JOSEPH.



US HIGHWAY 136 UNDERPASS WAS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE IN RANTOUL...WITH 

3 TO 4 INCHES OF STANDING WATER ON THE STREETS.



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.



REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE

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

SERVICE.



LAT...LON 3990 8845 3991 8798 4039 8795 4038 8845



$$



AUTEN

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000 

WGUS53 KILX 270031

FFWILX

ILC019-270430-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

729 PM CDT WED JUL 26 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT.



* AT 728 PM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM A THUNDERSTORM

  OVER THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF

  RAIN SINCE 6 PM.



THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THESE

AREAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 4 TO 5 INCHES BY 9 PM.

THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...CHAMPAIGN...

RANTOUL...FISHER...GIFFORD...LAKE OF THE WOODS...MAHOMET...PESOTUM...

PHILO...SAVOY...SEYMOUR...SIDNEY AND ST. JOSEPH.



US HIGHWAY 136 UNDERPASS WAS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE IN RANTOUL...WITH 

3 TO 4 INCHES OF STANDING WATER ON THE STREETS.



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.



REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE

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

SERVICE.



LAT...LON 3990 8845 3991 8798 4039 8795 4038 8845



$$



AUTEN

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