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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

239 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ADAMS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 845 AM CDT



* AT 237 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR

  ESTIMATES RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES OVER THE PAST 4 HOURS 

ACROSS MUCH OF ADAMS COUNTY...AND MORE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 

WILL BE TRAINING OVER THE AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE       

  AFFECTING QUINCY...MEYER...MARBLEHEAD...PAYSON...MENDON...

  PALOMA...CAMP POINT...RICHFIELD...AND PLAINVILLE.



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

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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 UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD 

ADVISORY ISSUED FOR ADAMS COUNTY WHICH WAS ISSUED LATE MONDAY 

EVENING.



LAT...LON 4020 9092 3977 9092 3976 9137 3980 9138

      3987 9145 3988 9145 3991 9143 3993 9143

      3996 9146 4002 9149 4013 9152 4020 9151

TIME...MOT...LOC 0739Z 180DEG 0KT 3998 9129



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