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WGUS73 KLOT 300132

FFSLOT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

832 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006



ILC099-300500-

LA SALLE IL-

832 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR SOUTHERN 

LA SALLE COUNTY...



AT 832 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS HAD BEGUN TO WEAKEN OVER SOUTHERN LASALLE COUNTY... 

BUT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. 

RADAR ESTIMATES OF 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL JUST EAST OF WENONA.



AT 814 PM CDT...FIVE TO SIX INCHES OF WATER COVERED AREA ROADWAYS 

NEAR WENONA.



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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000 

WGUS73 KLOT 300132

FFSLOT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

832 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006



ILC099-300500-

LA SALLE IL-

832 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR SOUTHERN 

LA SALLE COUNTY...



AT 832 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS HAD BEGUN TO WEAKEN OVER SOUTHERN LASALLE COUNTY... 

BUT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. 

RADAR ESTIMATES OF 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL JUST EAST OF WENONA.



AT 814 PM CDT...FIVE TO SIX INCHES OF WATER COVERED AREA ROADWAYS 

NEAR WENONA.



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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