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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

125 AM CDT MON APR 17 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROMEOVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS

  NORTHERN WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS

  NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA



* UNTIL 530 AM CDT



* AT 121 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE MOVING     

  THROUGH THE WARNED AREAS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS.  



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOKENA...

  HOBART...TINLEY PARK...THORNTON...SOUTH HOLLAND...PHOENIX...ORLAND

  PARK...OAK FOREST...MARKHAM...LOCKPORT...LANSING...HOMEWOOD...HOMER

  GLEN...HAZEL CREST...HARVEY...GLENWOOD...FLOSSMOOR...COUNTRY CLUB

  HILLS...CALUMET CITY...NEW LENOX...MUNSTER...HAMMOND AND GARY.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH 

ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 4144 8815 4144 8723 4161 8724 4163 8814



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