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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1141 PM 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...

  SOUTHERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  SOUTHERN VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 545 AM CDT WEDNESDAY.



* AT 1134 PM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUED FROM

  TUSCOLA NORTHEAST FROM JUST NORTH OF ARCOLA TO BROADLANDS TO GEORGETOWN.

  DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE

  WARNED AREA SINCE 10 PM CDT. 





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

TUSCOLA...ALLERTON...ARCOLA...BROADLANDS...CAMARGO...CATLIN...

FAIRMOUNT...GEORGETOWN...HOMER...HUME AND NEWMAN.



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 204 AND 224.



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 204 AND 219.



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 3991 8846 4023 8755 3983 8755 3965 8846

TIME...MOT...LOC 0441Z 180DEG 0KT 3978 8830



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