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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

908 AM CDT WED SEP 13 2006



ILC063-093-131430-

GRUNDY IL-KENDALL IL-

908 AM CDT WED SEP 13 2006





...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM CDT FOR FAR

SOUTHERN KENDALL AND NORTHERN GRUNDY COUNTIES...



AT 905 AM RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SIGNIFICANT RAIN HAD ENDED OVER THE 

WARNING AREA...WITH ONLY SOME SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS REMAINING. 



HOWEVER...ALREADY HIGH WATER LEVELS ON AREA CREEKS...STREAMS...

DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO RISE AS RUNOFF 

FROM THE ESTIMATED 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL FROM THE 

OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES.



THE GRUNDY COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS UNDER WATER 

WITH ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO HIGH WATER.  



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING. RESIDENTS 

LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO 

PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING 

WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 4125 8860 4134 8826 4150 8826 4149 8846

      4146 8860



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