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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
228 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHWESTERN SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 222 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS
  THE WARNED AREA. SANGAMON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED 
  THAT WAVERLY ROAD AND LOAMI ROAD...SOUTH OF NEW BERLIN...WERE      
  CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. ALSO...MULTIPLE ROADS WERE CLOSED IN THE 
  CITY OF NEW BERLIN. THE PARKING LOT AT THE SANGAMON COUNTY 
  FAIRGROUNDS WAS ALSO FLOODED. IN ADDITION...MORGAN COUNTY 
  EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT SEVERE FLOODING ISSUES 
  CONTINUE IN THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE...FROM SANDY CREEK TO 
  MAUVAISE TERRE CREEK. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
  JACKSONVILLE...ALEXANDER...FRANKLIN...WAVERLY AND WOODSON. 
  POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS EVENING WILL WORSEN CURRENT 
  CONDITIONS AND FURTHER CONTRIBUTE TO THE THREAT FOR THE AREA.  
  REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING CONDITIONS. 

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.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

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.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

&&

LAT...LON 3978 9001 3954 8977 3954 9018 3973 9030

$$

HJS