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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

106 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR A LEVEE FAILURE IN...

  SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT.



* AT 106 AM CDT...COUNTY OFFICIALS AND THE ILLINOIS CORPS OF 

  ENGINEER REPORT THAT A LEVEE ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE WABASH 

  RIVER...2 TO 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST. FRANCISVILLE...IS EXPECTED 

  TO FAIL OVERNIGHT...CAUSING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS WEST OF THE

  RIVER TOWARD ROUTE ONE.



* ST. FRANCISVILLE WILL BECOME ISOLATED...WITH NO WAY IN OUR OUT

  ONCE THE FLASH FLOODING OCCURS. 



AFFECTED LOCATIONS INCLUDE ST. FRANCISVILLE AND RURAL AREAS NORTH

TOWARD COUNTY ROAD 500N AS WELL AS AREAS BETWEEN THE WABASH RIVER

AND ILLINOIS ROUTE ONE. 



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER

TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM ON FOOT.



LAT...LON 3857 8765 3858 8770 3865 8769 3865 8762

      3860 8762



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