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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

712 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 115 AM CDT WEDNESDAY.



* AT 707 PM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

  CLAY CITY REPORTED OVER 5 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE LATE LAST NIGHT. 

  IN ADDITION...MANY LOW LYING AREAS HAD FAST MOVING WATER GOING

  ACROSS ROADWAYS IN CLAY COUNTY. CONDITIONS WILL ONLY GET WORSE

  OVERNIGHT AS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR. 

  

THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THESE

AREAS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES

BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE 

FLASH FLOODING. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AS ADDITIONAL 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT...

THREATENING TO CLOSE RURAL ROADS ACROSS THE WARNED AREAS.  



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

OLNEY...BIBLE GROVE...CALHOUN...CLAREMONT...CLAY CITY...DUNDAS...

INGAHAM...IOLA...LOUISVILLE...NOBLE AND PARKERSBURG.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3860 8817 3861 8870 3892 8871 3892 8837

      3886 8836 3885 8828 3885 8792 3858 8792

TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 180DEG 0KT 3874 8851



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