

000 

WGUS53 KILX 240701

FFWILX

ILC095-241300-

/X.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0001.070824T0658Z-070824T1300Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

158 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KNOX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT.



* AT 156 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

  DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

  FALLEN OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY SINCE EARLIER

  THIS EVENING. 



THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THESE

AREAS THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 

1 TO 2 INCHES BY 500 AM CDT. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE 

FLASH FLOODING.



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

ABINGDON...ALTONA...GILSON...KNOXVILLE...MAQUON...ONEIDA...RIO...

VICTORIA...WATAGA...WILLIAMSFIELD AND YATES CITY.



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.



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 4072 9042 4073 9000 4115 9001 4115 9043



$$



SMITH

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000 

WGUS53 KILX 240701

FFWILX

ILC095-241300-

/X.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0001.070824T0658Z-070824T1300Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

158 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KNOX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT.



* AT 156 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

  DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

  FALLEN OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY SINCE EARLIER

  THIS EVENING. 



THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THESE

AREAS THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 

1 TO 2 INCHES BY 500 AM CDT. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE 

FLASH FLOODING.



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

ABINGDON...ALTONA...GILSON...KNOXVILLE...MAQUON...ONEIDA...RIO...

VICTORIA...WATAGA...WILLIAMSFIELD AND YATES CITY.



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.



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 4072 9042 4073 9000 4115 9001 4115 9043



$$



SMITH

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