Flash Flood Warning 91, NWS Lincoln, IL

Issued

Aug 19, 2002, 5:32 AM CDT (10:32 UTC)

Expired

Aug 19, 2002, 11:30 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Lincoln, IL

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Champaign County, IL, Vermilion County, IL

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WGUS53 KILX 191032
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ILC019-183-191630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
525 AM CDT MON AUG 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT

* AT 525 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUE 
  ACROSS PARTS OF CHAMPAIGN AND VERMILION COUNTIES. THIS WARNING 
  REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNINGS THAT WERE ISSUED FOR NORTHERN 
  VERMILION AND CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES EARLIER THIS MORNING. AREAS
  FROM RANKIN TO JUST SOUTH OF HOOPESTON HAVE RECEIVED IN EXCESS
  OF 6 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE LATE LAST NIGHT WITH DOPPLER RAINFALL
  ESTIMATES CLOSING IN ON TEN INCHES. VERMILION COUNTY ESDA REPORTED
  THAT EVACUATIONS WERE UNDERWAY IN THE TOWN OF HOOPESTON. 

  FURTHER EAST AND SOUTH IN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY...RAINFALL ESTIMATES RANGE 
  FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY. THE BAND 
  OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO SLIP SOUTH ACROSS BOTH VERMILION AND 
  CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO WITH RAINFALL RATES OF FROM
  1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION IN THESE COUNTIES. BE ESPECIALLY 
CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. 
IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO JUDGE HOW MUCH WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. DO 
NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.

REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT 
AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER 
STATEMENTS.

LAT...LON 4042 8760 3993 8758 3994 8840 4038 8840


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