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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

633 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PIPER CITY...PAXTON...GIBSON CITY...

  IROQUOIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...STOCKLAND...CLAYTONVILLE...WATSEKA...

  BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LOCHIEL...TALBOT...ATKINSON...

  FREELAND PARK...BARCE...WADENA...RAUB...TEMPLETON...DUNNINGTON...

  FOWLER...



* UNTIL 1230 AM CST/130 AM EST/...



* AT 612 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER     

  BEGINNING TO COVER THE ROADWAY ON ROUTE 49 JUST SOUTH OF ROUTE 24 

  IN IROQUOIS COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE

  INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING IN            

  ASSOCIATION WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH AN ADDITIONAL    

  HALF INCH TO ONE INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THE       

  COMBINATION OF THIS RAINFALL...ADDITIONAL RECENT HEAVY RAIN...AND  

  RECENT SNOWMELT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO FLASH FLOODING.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SHELDON...

  ONARGA...MILFORD...GILMAN...CLIFTON...BUCKLEY AND ASHKUM



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN 

DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF 

FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY 

CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 4049 8790 4040 8795 4040 8845 4060 8845

      4063 8823 4095 8821 4100 8753 4074 8754

      4074 8712 4048 8711

TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 180DEG 0KT 4059 8795



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