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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

623 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  SOUTHERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT.



* AT 617 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 FROM

  EDGEWOOD NORTHEAST TO WATSON TO JUST NORTHEAST OF WHEELER. 



THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THESE

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

BY 730 PM CDT. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...NEWTON...BIBLE

GROVE...BOGOTA...DIETERICH...EDGEWOOD...HIDALGO...IOLA...WATSON...

WHEELER AND WILLOW HILL.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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

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

SERVICE.



LAT...LON 3896 8796 3886 8837 3882 8870 3891 8870

      3893 8881 3904 8880 3917 8821 3918 8796

TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 180DEG 0KT 3886 8851



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