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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

251 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  STARK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 545 PM CST.



* AT 245 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR

  HAS ESTIMATED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE THIS MORNING.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE 

ACROSS THESE AREAS. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 2 

TO 4 INCHES BY LATER THIS EVENING. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL 

LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



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

CASTLETON...ELMIRA...LA FAYETTE...OSCEOLA...TOULON...WEST JERSEY AND

WYOMING.



AT 245 PM...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED CAMP RUN CREEK WAS BEGINNING TO 

COME OUT OF ITS BANKS. ALSO...WATER WAS BEGINNING TO FLOOD WEST 

JERSEY BLACKTOP AND 1300 EAST.



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 4098 8965 4098 8999 4115 9000 4116 8995

      4116 8989 4124 8987 4124 8966 4124 8965



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