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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

1032 PM CDT MON OCT 2 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROMEOVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KENDALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  NORTHERN WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...

  

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT



* AT 1032 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            

  YORKVILLE... PLAINFIELD... SHOREWOOD... JOLIET... CREST HILL...    

  LOCKPORT... HOMER GLEN... WHITING... GARY... MUNSTER... AND        

  MERRILLVILLE. 



RADAR INDICATES THAT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 

3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL MOVE THROUGH THIS AREA. PARTS OF KENDALL AND 

WILL COUNTY ALREADY HAD RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES LATE THIS 

AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE 

FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...DRAINAGE AREAS...ROADS AND 

UNDERPASSES... AND LOW LYING AREAS. 



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. TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.



LAT...LON 4147 8860 4171 8860 4172 8804 4165 8803

      4165 8792 4156 8791 4157 8780 4147 8779

      4148 8752 4167 8752 4166 8744 4163 8738

      4163 8724 4148 8723



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