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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1025 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 130 AM CST.



* AT 1020 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING

  FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WESTERN SPRINGFIELD. DOPPLER RADAR HAS

  ESTIMATED 1 INCH TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 900 PM.



THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THESE

AREAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM A HALF INCH TO 1 INCH

BY 1130 PM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS...IN COMBINATION WITH THE RAPID SNOWMELT 

TODAY WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



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

AUBURN...CHATHAM...DIVERNON...LOAMI...NEW BERLIN...PAWNEE...RIVERTON

AND ROCHESTER.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 3965 8952 3964 8954 3960 8954 3955 8956

      3953 8993 3961 8994 3971 8999 3986 8999

      3988 8943

TIME...MOT...LOC 0425Z 180DEG 0KT 3966 8984



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