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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

745 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 200 AM CST WEDNESDAY.



* AT 740 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN FLORA REPORTED  

FLOODING IN PARTS OF CLAY COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED AS 

MUCH AS 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN TODAY. 



SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL 

CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 

WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE ALONG THE WABASH RIVER. MORE 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS WILL SPREAD QUICKLY NORTHEAST ACROSS 

THE AREA AFTER 9 PM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES 

BY 1 AM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. 



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

LAWRENCEVILLE...MARSHALL...NEWTON...OLNEY...ROBINSON...ANNAPOLIS...

BIBLE GROVE...BIRDS...BOGOTA...BRIDGEPORT AND CALHOUN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. COUNTRY ROADS AND 

FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING 

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN 

IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. MOVE UP TO HIGHER 

GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. 



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

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

SERVICE.



LAT...LON 3868 8754 3865 8761 3858 8763 3857 8766

      3862 8872 3892 8870 3892 8836 3918 8837

      3918 8801 3947 8798 3947 8754 3914 8766

      3874 8749

TIME...MOT...LOC 0140Z 180DEG 0KT 3918 8799



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