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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1112 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  WOODFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 500 AM CDT.



* AT 1110 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS WOODFORD AND NORTHWEST

  MCLEAN COUNTIES. RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE 

  EXPECTED IN LESS THAN AN HOURS TIME WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH

  WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. 



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

  EUREKA...CARLOCK...DANVERS...EL PASO...GOODFIELD...HUDSON...

  MINONK...ROANOKE...SECOR...WASHBURN...BENSON...CONGERVILLE...

  EVERGREEN LAKE...KAPPA...LAKE BLOOMINGTON AND PANOLA.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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. DO

NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO

ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN

WATER BEGINS RISING.



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LAT...LON 4092 8894 4057 8891 4044 8927 4061 8927

      4062 8929 4092 8930



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