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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

757 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  NORTHERN EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT.



* AT 752 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. RADAR

  RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 

  5 AM. ADDITIONALLY...THE EDGAR COUNTY AIRPORT NORTH OF PARIS

  REPORTED 1.71 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. 



THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THESE

AREAS. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY BY 10 AM. THESE RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED WATER COVERING HIGHWAY 36 NEAR 

ATWOOD...CAUSING ACCIDENTS. 



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

ARCOLA...BROCTON...CAMARGO...CHRISMAN...HINDSBORO...HUME...NEWMAN AND

VILLA GROVE.



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 203 AND 217.



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.



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

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

SERVICE.



LAT...LON 3965 8753 3966 8797 3969 8798 3969 8804

      3966 8807 3967 8846 3988 8846 3988 8762

      3987 8757 3988 8752

TIME...MOT...LOC 1257Z 180DEG 0KT 3972 8771



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