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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

804 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006



ILC091-300245-

KANKAKEE IL-

804 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL

KANKAKEE COUNTY...



AT 722 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED TWO AND A HALF 

TO THREE FEET OF WATER ON BARRINGTON DRIVE IN BOURBONNAIS.



AT 804 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 

BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS A LARGE AREA BETWEEN 

IRWIN AND BOURBONNAIS AND UP TO 5 INCHES JUST WEST OF BOURBONNAIS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MANTENO...

KANKAKEE...BRADLEY...BOURBONNAIS AND IRWIN.



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY.



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 4101 8804 4101 8778 4129 8776 4130 8799



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