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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1025 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  SOUTHERN PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 130 AM CDT.



* AT 1020 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  EXCESSIVR RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST EAST OF LONDON MILLS

  TO MIDDLE GROVE TO TRIVOLI. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED FROM 2 TO 

  3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA SINCE 930 PM CDT. 



  IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL AFFECT THE

  PEORIA METROPOLITAN AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL

  PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF FROM 2 TO LOCALLY 3 INCHES PER HOUR. THESE 

  RAINFALL RATES WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



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

BELLEVUE...FAIRVIEW...HANNA CITY AND TRIVOLI.



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...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 4073 9023 4076 8956 4052 8988 4061 9019

TIME...MOT...LOC 0325Z 180DEG 0KT 4066 9008



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