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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

447 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007



ILC037-100130-

DEKALB IL-

447 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR

CENTRAL DEKALB COUNTY...



AT 440 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS CETNRAL 

DEKALB COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT MORE THAN 3 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR THE DEKALB AND SYCAMORE AREAS. AN AUTOMATED 

RAIN GAGE IN DEKALB RECORDED 1.04 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 415 PM AND 

430 PM.



LAW ENFROCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING AT 

THIS TIME IN DEKALB WITH CARS STALLED IN FLOOD WATERS AND UP TO 4 

FEET OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD 

WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY 

AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. 



LAT...LON 4172 8893 4187 8861 4206 8861 4196 8883

      4187 8894



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