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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

1041 PM CDT MON OCT 2 2006



ILC031-043-030600-

COOK IL-DUPAGE IL-

1041 PM CDT MON OCT 2 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR

DUPAGE AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN COOK COUNTIES...



AT 1041 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER SOUTHERN COOK 

COUNTY. RAIN HAS DIMINISHED IN DUPAGE AND CENTRAL COOK COUNTIES.



RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE AREA. 

TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN FELL NEAR MIDWAY AIRPORT THROUGH 1015 

PM. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

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

LOW LYING SPOTS.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED ROADS. 



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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