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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

909 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 315 AM CDT WEDNESDAY.



* AT 905 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER 

  RADAR HAS ESTIMATED FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 

  800 PM CDT. 



THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THESE

AREAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES. THESE

RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...

JACKSONVILLE...WINCHESTER...ALEXANDER...ALSEY...EXETER...FRANKLIN...

MANCHESTER...MURRAYVILLE...WAVERLY AND WOODSON.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



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

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

SERVICE.



LAT...LON 3980 9000 3976 8999 3971 8999 3967 8996

      3964 8997 3963 8995 3953 8992 3953 9058

      3973 9065

TIME...MOT...LOC 0209Z 180DEG 0KT 3961 9055



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