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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1011 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 415 AM CDT WEDNESDAY.



* AT 1006 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

  DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN 

  HAS FALLEN SINCE 800 PM CDT FROM MAHOMET TO JUST SOUTH OF RANTOUL

  TO POTOMAC. 



THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THESE

AREAS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES 

BY MIDNIGHT. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



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

RANTOUL...FISHER...FITHIAN...GIFFORD...HOOPESTON...LAKE OF THE

WOODS...MAHOMET...OGDEN...POTOMAC...RANKIN AND ROSSVILLE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



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 3992 8845 4040 8845 4041 8794 4049 8793

      4048 8754 4022 8753

TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 180DEG 0KT 4012 8837



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