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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1120 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
  CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 415 AM CDT.

* AT 1117 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED
  THAT FROM 5 TO NEARLY 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF THE
  WARNED AREA SINCE LATE LAST NIGHT.

ANOTHER BAND OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS THESE AREAS
OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 1 TO LOCALLY
2 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH
FLOODING.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...FLORA...
OLNEY...BIBLE GROVE...CALHOUN...CLAREMONT...CLAY CITY...DUNDAS...
INGAHAM...IOLA...LOUISVILLE...NOBLE AND SAILOR SPRINGS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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 3860 8817 3861 8870 3892 8871 3892 8837
      3886 8836 3885 8828 3885 8792 3858 8792
TIME...MOT...LOC 0422Z 180DEG 0KT 3874 8851

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SMITH