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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

150 AM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  SOUTHEASTERN MENARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  SOUTHERN LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 545 AM CDT.



* AT 147 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.

  DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 10 PM.

  ABRAHAM LINCOLN CAPITAL AIRPORT IN SPRINGFIELD HAS MEASURED

  2.95 INCHES OF RAIN.



THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THESE

AREAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 4 TO 5 INCHES BY

3 AM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...ATHENS...

CORNLAND...ELKHART...MOUNT PULASKI...PETERSBURG...PLEASANT PLAINS...

RIVERTON...SHERMAN AND WILLIAMSVILLE.



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 100 AND 118.



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 107 AND 110.



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 4006 8985 4006 8958 4005 8919 3982 8951

      3983 8993



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