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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

530 AM CDT WED AUG 9 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 930 AM CDT.



* AT 525 AM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED BY THE CLAY COUNTY 

  EMERGENCY MANAGER IN THE CITY OF FLORA...DUE A SERIES OF 

  THUNDERSTORMS OVER CLAY COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 

  3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 3 AM.



WIDESPREAD FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CLAY COUNTY AS  

THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUE TO FORM AND MOVE INTO 

THE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES BY 

830 AM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE CONTINUED FLASH 

FLOODING.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...FLORA...CLAY 

CITY...IOLA...LOUISVILLE...OSKALOOSA... AND SAILOR SPRINGS.



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 3864 8870 3861 8829 3883 8827 3884 8835

      3891 8840 3892 8870



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