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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

755 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROMEOVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN LA SALLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT



* AT 750 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED OVER 3 INCHES 

  OF RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR NEAR WENONA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE  

  ACROSS THIS AREA THROUGH 845 PM CDT. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO 

  INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.

  

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WENONA AND

  STREATOR.



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 4094 8906 4094 8895 4111 8895 4111 8878

      4117 8883 4118 8894 4114 8907



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