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ILC029-035-139-173-172045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1145 AM CDT TUE JUL 17 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  EASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  SOUTHERN MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 345 PM CDT.



* AT 1145 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORM OVER THE 

  WARNED AREA AND MOVING SOUTHEAST TO ALONG I-70. DOPPLER RADAR 

  HAS ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR FROM EAST 

  OF SHELBYVILLE TO MATTOON.



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT 

WAS ISSUED FOR THIS AREA EARLIER THIS MORNING.



THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THESE

AREAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH

130 PM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLASH 

FLOODING.



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

MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...TOLEDO...ALLENVILLE...FINDLAY...GREENUP...

HAZEL DELL...JANESVILLE...JEWETT...LERNA AND NEOGA.



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.



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

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

SERVICE.



LAT...LON 3927 8881 3919 8844 3918 8801 3938 8801

      3953 8803 3959 8889



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