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Flood Warning
Issued by NWS Central Illinois

000
WGUS43 KILX 162000
FLWILX

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
300 PM CDT THU MAY 16 2013

ILC101-162300-
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LAWRENCE-
300 PM CDT THU MAY 16 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT.

* AT 257 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THAT REAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAS OCCURRED OVER A LARGE PORTION
  OF LAWRENCE COUNTY SINCE LATE THIS MORNING. AREAS EAST OF
  HIGHWAY 1 HAVE HAD THE HIGHEST TOTALS...ALONG WITH NORTHERN
  LAWRENCE COUNTY FROM CHAUNCHEY TO SOUTH OF PINKSTAFF...AND
  ALSO FROM NEAR BILLETT WESTWARD TO LOCATIONS SOUTH OF SUMNER
  AND BRIDGEPORT. THE LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS THAT
  FLOODING CONTINUES ON THE SUMNER CHAUNCEY BLACKTOP IN NORTHWEST
  LAWRENCE COUNTY...AS WELL AS ALONG PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 1.
  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS ONLY EXPECTED TO BE AROUND A QUARTER INCH
  OR LESS...SO FLOODING SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE DURING THE LATE
  AFTERNOON HOURS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  LAWRENCEVILLE...BIRDS...BRIDGEPORT...CHAUNCEY...RUSSELLVILLE...ST.
  FRANCISVILLE AND SUMNER.

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.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
LINCOLN.

&&

LAT...LON 3868 8753 3866 8760 3864 8761 3858 8762
      3859 8763 3857 8764 3857 8774 3864 8772
      3865 8791 3885 8791 3883 8753 3882 8752
      3879 8749 3874 8749

$$
GEELHART