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WGUS53 KILX 171242

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ILC029-035-139-173-171830-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

740 AM CDT TUE JUL 17 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  EASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  SOUTHEASTERN MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 130 PM CDT.



* AT 740 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE MOVED OVER THE WARNED 

  AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE

  OCCURRED IN THE WARNED AREA.



THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THESE

AREAS AT TIMES THROUGH LATE MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES BY LATE MORNING. THESE RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING.



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

WINDSOR...GAYS...NEOGA AND LOCATIONS ALONG ILLINOIS ROUTE 16

BETWEEN WINDSOR AND MATTOON.



COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTS INDICATE THAT 2.50 TO 4.00 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE 430 AM. SEVERAL SMALL CREEKS AND ROADS ARE 

FLOODED IN THE WARNED AREA...PARTICULARLY THE FLAT BRANCH AND SAND 

CREEK NEAR WINDSOR.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS.



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

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

SERVICE.



LAT...LON 3929 8847 3930 8830 3949 8836 3950 8853

      3947 8863



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