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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

742 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006



ILC063-105-300300-

LIVINGSTON IL-GRUNDY IL-

742 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN

GRUNDY AND NORTHEASTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTIES...



AT 742 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES JUST WEST OF ODELL IN NORTHEAST 

LIVINGSTON COUNTY. SIX TO TWELVE INCHES OF WATER WAS REPORTED 

COVERING ROADS 5 MILES WEST OF DWIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE 

POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THIS EVENING.



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.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



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

      4120 8858



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