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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

126 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 430 PM CST.



* AT 121 PM CST...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR

  HAS ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING.



THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THESE 

AREAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES 

BY THIS EVENING. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH 

FLOODING.



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

LEWISTOWN...ASTORIA...AVON...CUBA...FAIRVIEW...IPAVA...LONDON

MILLS...ST. DAVID AND VERMONT.



FULTON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED PUTT CREEK AT BANK FULL 

STAGE NEAR COUNTY HIGHWAY 97 AND COUNTY ROUTE 2.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL...SNOW MELT...AND FROZEN GROUND 

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.



REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE

NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE.



LAT...LON 4064 8998 4063 8988 4057 8987 4047 8990

      4038 9005 4029 9008 4023 9013 4020 9019

      4020 9044 4071 9045 4072 9000



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