

000 

WGUS53 KILX 130656

FFWILX

ILC143-179-203-131300-

/O.EXT.KILX.FF.W.0050.000000T0000Z-080913T1300Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

156 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EXTREME NORTHERN TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  NORTHWESTERN WOODFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  EASTERN PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT.



* AT 152 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING

  WAS CONTINUING FRM THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WHICH OCCURRED LATE 

  FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THIS MORNING. THE PEORIA METRO AREA AND

  GERMANTOWN HILLS REPORTED WATER STILL COVERING SOME OF THE ROADWAYS

  EARLY THIS MORNING. THESE AREAS RECEIVED IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES OF

  RAIN IN LESS THAN HOUR LATE LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING. 

  ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE SHIFTED TO THE NORTH...THE FLASH FLOOD

  THREAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. 



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

GERMANTOWN HILLS...METAMORA...SPRING BAY AND WEST PEORIA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 4085 8923 4085 8924 4084 8924 4074 8933

      4066 8966 4083 8966 4093 8920 4092 8918



$$



SMITH

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000 

WGUS53 KILX 130656

FFWILX

ILC143-179-203-131300-

/O.EXT.KILX.FF.W.0050.000000T0000Z-080913T1300Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

156 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EXTREME NORTHERN TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  NORTHWESTERN WOODFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  EASTERN PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT.



* AT 152 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING

  WAS CONTINUING FRM THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WHICH OCCURRED LATE 

  FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THIS MORNING. THE PEORIA METRO AREA AND

  GERMANTOWN HILLS REPORTED WATER STILL COVERING SOME OF THE ROADWAYS

  EARLY THIS MORNING. THESE AREAS RECEIVED IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES OF

  RAIN IN LESS THAN HOUR LATE LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING. 

  ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE SHIFTED TO THE NORTH...THE FLASH FLOOD

  THREAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. 



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

GERMANTOWN HILLS...METAMORA...SPRING BAY AND WEST PEORIA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 4085 8923 4085 8924 4084 8924 4074 8933

      4066 8966 4083 8966 4093 8920 4092 8918



$$



SMITH

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