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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

1011 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROMEOVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  MCHENRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT



* AT 1011 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT 

  UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF BOONE COUNTY 

  AND NORTHERN MCHENRY COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH OF RAIN IS 

  POSSIBLE THROUGH 11 PM. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 

  WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY INTO EARLY TUESDAY       

  MORNING.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  CAPRON...

  POPLAR GROVE...

  BELVIDERE...

  HARVARD...

  HEBRON...

  RICHMOND...



AT 950 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT A PART OF WHITING ROAD 

WAS WASHED AWAY JUST WEST OF POPLAR ROAD IN THE CITY OF POPLAR GROVE.



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

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 4249 8894 4217 8894 4219 8869 4233 8825

      4248 8820



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