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ILC031-043-030600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

958 PM CDT MON OCT 2 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROMEOVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT



* AT 958 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 WEST       

  CHICAGO...WHEATON...LOMBARD...ELMHURST...MELROSE PARK...AND LOGAN 

  SQUARE...AND HUMBOLDT PARK AREAS OF THE NORTH SIDE OF CHICAGO. 



RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA. 

HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD SOUTH AND AFFECT 

DOWNTOWN CHICAGO AND SOUTH SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY BETWEEN 1000 PM      

AND 1100 PM. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. 



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

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS  

SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

FLOOD 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...DRAINAGE AREAS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...

AS WELL AS LOW LYING SPOTS.



LAT...LON 4149 8777 4157 8779 4157 8783 4166 8791

      4169 8803 4174 8804 4173 8821 4174 8826

      4199 8825 4200 8766 4190 8761 4184 8761

      4175 8754 4149 8753



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