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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

120 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 615 PM CDT.



* AT 114 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING

  FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR HAS

  ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE NOON.



THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THESE

AREAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES BY

3 PM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...

LAWRENCEVILLE...OLNEY...BIRDS...BRIDGEPORT...CALHOUN...CHAUNCEY...

CLAREMONT...NOBLE...SCHNELL AND SUMNER.



SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED ROADS WITH UP TO 4 INCHES OF WATER OVER THEM...

WITH THE WATER 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 3870 8751 3863 8788 3860 8825 3876 8827

      3886 8792 3885 8766 3886 8765 3886 8755

TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 180DEG 0KT 3872 8807



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