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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

156 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.



* AT 156 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 

FLOODING WAS CONTINUING TO OCCUR AS A RESULT OF SEVERAL LEVEE BREAKS 

ALONG THE EMBARRAS AND WABASH RIVERS EARLIER THIS MORNING. FLOODING 

IS OCCURRING NEAR THE LAWRENCEVILLE AIRPORT...IN THE TOWN OF 

WESTPORT...AND IN RURAL AREAS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE FAILED 

LEVEES.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...LAWRENCEVILLE...PINKSTAFF...BIRDS...BILLET...WESTPORT... 

AND ST. FRANCISVILLE.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF 

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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

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

SERVICE.



LAT...LON 3867 8755 3865 8761 3862 8762 3860 8761

      3857 8765 3857 8770 3885 8768 3886 8753

      3880 8750 3872 8750

TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 180DEG 0KT 3876 8763



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