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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

625 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007



ILC031-262345-

COOK IL-

625 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR

CENTRAL COOK COUNTY...



AT 624 PM CDT...THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE EXITED THE AREA. THE WATER IS 

BEGINNING TO RECEDE ON MANY STREETS...OVERPASSES AND VIADUCTS. THE 

STORM SEWERS ARE DRAINING THE WATER. SOME LOCATIONS...AS OF 614 PM 

CDT...WHERE THERE IS STANDING WATER WERE...IRVING PARK AND 

BELMONT...CALIFORNIA AVENUE AND WEST DIVERSEY...AND THE DUNDEE ROAD 

AND WILSON EXIT RAMP OFF OF THE EDENS EXPRESSWAY.  MOST EXITS ALONG 

LAKE SHORE DRIVE FROM RANDOLF ST TO HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD WERE 

FLOODED.  OTHER LOCATIONS ACROSS THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND NEAR 

SUBURBS MAY HAVE STANDING WATER OR FLOODED STREETS.   

 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND 

UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS 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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4189 8780 4190 8764 4199 8768 4199 8779



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