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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
703 PM CDT Sat Aug 16 2025

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  East Central Champaign County in east central Illinois...
  Southern Vermilion County in east central Illinois...

* Until 900 PM CDT.

* At 702 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain
  have fallen between Saint Joseph and Fairmount. The expected
  rainfall rate is 1.5 to 2 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall
  amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash
  flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Georgetown, Westville, Catlin, Oakwood, Homer, Ogden, Fairmount,
  Fithian, Belgium, Jamaica and Muncie.

This includes Interstate 74 between mile markers 195 and 208.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 4014 8799 4015 8776 4000 8753 3998 8753
      3997 8753 3994 8753 3991 8753 3988 8753
      3990 8761 3994 8777 3995 8783 3998 8794
      4002 8801 4008 8802

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1.5-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

Geelhart