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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

355 AM CDT MON JUL 7 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN DE WITT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  NORTHERN PIATT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  NORTHERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT.



* AT 349 AM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM A THUNDERSTORM    

  OVER THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF 

  RAIN SINCE 2 AM.



THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THESE 

AREAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES BY 7 

AM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH 

FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN LOW SPOTS AND IN UNDERPASSES ALONG AREA 

ROADS. AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE WILL ALSO LIKELY SEE FLOODING.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...RANTOUL...DE

LAND...FARMER CITY...FISHER...LAKE OF THE WOODS...LE ROY...MAHOMET...

MANSFIELD...WELDON AND WHITE HEATH.



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 4027 8805 4023 8826 4005 8848 4006 8893

      4039 8899 4037 8864 4040 8847 4039 8807



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