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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

702 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROMEOVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  GRUNDY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT 654 PM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 6 INCHES OF 

  WATER COVERING SCULLY ROAD WEST OF DWIGHT ROAD...NORTH OF THE CITY 

  OF DWIGHT IN SOUTHERN GRUNDY COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL      

  AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES IN THE PAST HOUR ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST          

  LIVINGSTON COUNTY AND FAR SOUTHERN GRUNDY COUNTY.



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

  DWIGHT...AND ODELL.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 4099 8861 4092 8840 4110 8826 4121 8826

      4120 8858



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