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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

511 PM CDT SAT SEP 9 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROMEOVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 511 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  RAIN AMOUNTS BETWEEN TWO AND TWO AND HALF INCHES ACROSS NORTHWEST 

  LIVINGSTON COUNTY SINCE 4 PM CDT. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES  

  WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 6 PM CDT.



* THE STORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN MAINLY OVER RURAL AREAS 

  OF NORTHWEST LIVINGSTON COUNTY NORTH OF A LINE FROM LONG POINT TO 

  CORNELL...JUST SOUTH OF STREATOR.



BASIN TRIBUTARIES DRAINING INTO THE VERMILION RIVER...AS WELL AS MUD 

CREEK AND PRAIRIE CREEKS HAVE SEEN THE HEAVIEST RAINS. 



AT 505 PM CDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED 1.65 INCHES OF RAIN 3 

MILES SOUTHEAST OF STREATOR...IN LIVINGSTON COUNTY.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4102 8893 4099 8863 4111 8859 4111 8894



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