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WGUS53 KILX 131137

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ILC101-131730-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

631 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 1230 PM CDT.



* AT 631 AM CDT...LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFFS AND THE CORP OF ENGINEERS

  REPORTED THAT A LEVEE ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE WABASH RIVER...2 

  TO 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAINT FRANCISVILLE...MAY FAIL THIS MORNING.

  THIS WOULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS WEST OF THE RIVER TOWARDS

  ROUTE 1. 



AFFECTED LOCATIONS INCLUDE ST. FRANCISVILLE AND RURAL AREAS NORTH TOWARD

COUNTY ROAD 500 NORTH AS WELL AS AREAS BETWEEN THE WABASH RIVER AND

ILLINOIS ROUTE ONE. THESE AREAS WOULD BECOME ISOLATED...WITH NO WAY OUT 

ONCE THE FLASH FLOODING OCCURS. 



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 3858 8765 3858 8770 3865 8769 3865 8761

      3864 8762 3860 8762



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