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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

120 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  EASTERN MASON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  SOUTHEASTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 415 AM CDT.



* AT 114 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF LINCOLN

  TO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES

  PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. 



THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THESE

AREAS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 1 TO LOCALLY

3 INCHES BY 300 AM CDT. 



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

MASON CITY...ARMINGTON...COLFAX...COOKSVILLE...DANVERS...DELAVAN...

DOWNS...EMDEN...GREEN VALLEY...HARTSBURG AND HEYWORTH.



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 4029 8932 4019 8937 4014 8980 4035 8983

      4073 8864 4029 8846

TIME...MOT...LOC 0620Z 180DEG 0KT 4026 8971



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