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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

934 PM CDT MON OCT 2 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROMEOVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT



* AT 934 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE CITIES 

  OF LONG GROVE...BUFFALO GROVE...DEERFIELD...PALATINE...ARLINGTON   

  HEIGHTS...AND WHEELING. THIS INCLUDES TRIBUTARIES TO THE DES       

  PLAINES RIVER AND SALT CREEK...AS WELL AS INDIAN CREEK...AND       

  BUFFALO CREEK.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR 

WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



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. TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND UNDERPASSES...AS WELL 

AS DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



LAT...LON 4200 8823 4200 8792 4201 8766 4225 8782

      4225 8820



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