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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

1129 PM CDT MON OCT 2 2006



ILC031-043-030600-

COOK IL-DUPAGE IL-

1129 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 1129 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 

THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD MOVED SOUTH OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER 

RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 5 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER MUCH OF DUPAGE 

AND COOK COUNTIES TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST WAS FROM WEST CHICAGO TO 

WHEATON TO LOMBARD AND GLEN ELLYN. 



OBSERVERS REPORTED 3.25 INCHES OF RAIN IN GLEN ELLYN AND 2.76 INCHES 

IN ST CHARLES. PEOPLE WERE BEING RESCUED FROM FLOODED VEHICLES ON 

ROOSEVELT ROAD BETWEEN I-355 AND ROUTE 53 IN GLEN ELLYN. MANY 

STREETS ARE FLOODED. 

 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE CAUSE FLOODING OF 

CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS AND 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 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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