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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

1004 PM CDT MON OCT 2 2006



ILC031-097-030530-

LAKE IL-COOK IL-

1009 PM CDT MON OCT 2 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR

NORTHERN COOK AND SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTIES...



AT 1009 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA...ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN 

HAS SHIFTED SOUTH. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL 

IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY LAKE ZURICH...TO HAWTHORN WOODS...TO 

LINCOLNSHIRE...TO GLENCOE...TO ARLINGTON HEIGHTS AND BACK TO LAKE 

ZURICH. THIS WILL AFFECT TRIBUTARIES OF THE DES PLAINES RIVER AND  

SALT CREEK...AS WELL AS INDIAN CREEK AND BUFFALO CREEK. A SPOTTER 

REPORTED 4 INCHES OF RAIN AT LAKE VILLA. 



ALTHOUGH RAIN HAS DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM 

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...DRAINAGE AREAS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...AND 

LOW LYING SPOTS.



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. 



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

      4225 8820



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