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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

132 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 430 PM CDT.



* AT 130 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER   

  RADAR HAS ESTIMATED ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 1 PM OVER    

  NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY.



THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL RATES OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES 

PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THESE AREAS THROUGH 3 PM. THESE 

RAINFALL RATES WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



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

GROVE...CLAY CITY...INGAHAM...IOLA...LOUISVILLE...SAILOR SPRINGS AND

XENIA.



MANY AREAS IN CLAY COUNTY ARE ALREADY OVER SATURATED FROM HEAVY 

RAINFALL FROM YESTERDAY MORNING... ADDING TO THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY.



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

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

SERVICE.



LAT...LON 3892 8837 3891 8870 3881 8870 3861 8870

      3861 8828 3867 8829 3872 8828 3885 8825

      3885 8837



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