BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 304 PM CDT SAT JUL 20 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 303 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR...AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER THE WARNED AREA. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... NEWTON...ROBINSON...ANNAPOLIS...BOGOTA...EATON...FLAT ROCK... HARDINVILLE...HUTSONVILLE...NEW HEBRON...OBLONG...PALESTINE...STE. MARIE...WEST LIBERTY AND WILLOW HILL. 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. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS... OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.
Posted on: Sat, 20 Jul 2013 20:06:16 +0000
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