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WGUS73 KLOT 300111

FFSLOT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

810 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006



ILC075-300430-

IROQUOIS IL-

810 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN

IROQUOIS COUNTY...



AT 810 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES BETWEEN CLIFTON AND PAPINEAU IN THE

PAST HOUR. ONE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED NORTH INTO KANKAKEE 

COUNTY...BUT NEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL 

IROQUOIS COUNTY AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

OF ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE.



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

CHEBANSE...PAPINEAU AND MARTINTON.



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 4081 8812 4078 8773 4101 8765 4100 8812



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000 

WGUS73 KLOT 300111

FFSLOT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

810 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006



ILC075-300430-

IROQUOIS IL-

810 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN

IROQUOIS COUNTY...



AT 810 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES BETWEEN CLIFTON AND PAPINEAU IN THE

PAST HOUR. ONE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED NORTH INTO KANKAKEE 

COUNTY...BUT NEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL 

IROQUOIS COUNTY AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

OF ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE.



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

CHEBANSE...PAPINEAU AND MARTINTON.



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 4081 8812 4078 8773 4101 8765 4100 8812



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