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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

812 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT.



* AT 806 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RANTOUL TO

  PESOTUM...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RANTOUL TO 9 MILES NORTH

  OF TUSCOLA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.



THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THESE

AREAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES 

BY 9 PM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING IN 

RURAL AREAS THIS TONIGHT.



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

RANTOUL...BROADLANDS...FISHER...GIFFORD...HOMER...LAKE OF THE

WOODS...MAHOMET...OGDEN...PESOTUM...PHILO AND SAVOY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 4039 8796 3990 8796 3991 8845 4040 8841



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