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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

556 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  NORTHWESTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  SOUTHERN WOODFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT.



* AT 553 PM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM A THUNDERSTORM   

OVER THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED MORE THAN 2 INCHES 

 OF   RAIN SINCE 3 PM.



THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THESE 

AREAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES BY 9 

PM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



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

PEKIN...CARLOCK...CREVE COEUR...DEER CREEK...EAST PEORIA...EL PASO...

GOODFIELD...GRIDLEY...HUDSON...LEXINGTON AND MACKINAW.



FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN FIELDS AROUND THE DEER CREEK 

AREA...WITH IMPASSABLE ROADS ACROSS EASTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY.



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 4064 8863 4047 8969 4069 8959 4072 8955

      4087 8895 4076 8895 4074 8858

TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 180DEG 0KT 4062 8946



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