000 WGUS53 KILX 020109 FFWILX ILC183-020700- /O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0026.090602T0109Z-090602T0700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 809 PM CDT MON JUN 1 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 200 AM CDT. * AT 807 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN MANY PARTS OF NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY SINCE 4 PM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS LIKELY TONIGHT AND WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING THREAT. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... HOOPESTON...POTOMAC...RANKIN...ROSSVILLE...ALVIN...ARMSTRONG AND HENNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN LINCOLN. && LAT...LON 4030 8754 4030 8793 4048 8795 4050 8754 4048 8753 4030 8753 $$ BAK