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000 

WGUS53 KILX 270237

FFWILX

ILC115-270530-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

936 PM CDT WED JUL 26 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT.



* AT 931 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER

  RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 6 PM.



THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THESE

AREAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY BE AROUND 6 INCHES BY 11 PM. 

THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...ARGENTA AND

OREANA.



IN ARGENTA THERE WAS 1 FOOT OF WATER OVER THE ROAD.



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 3989 8889 3988 8875 4006 8875 4005 8889



$$



AUTEN

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000 

WGUS53 KILX 270237

FFWILX

ILC115-270530-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

936 PM CDT WED JUL 26 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT.



* AT 931 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER

  RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 6 PM.



THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THESE

AREAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY BE AROUND 6 INCHES BY 11 PM. 

THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...ARGENTA AND

OREANA.



IN ARGENTA THERE WAS 1 FOOT OF WATER OVER THE ROAD.



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 3989 8889 3988 8875 4006 8875 4005 8889



$$



AUTEN

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