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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

530 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007



ILC037-100130-

DEKALB IL-

530 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007



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

DEKALB COUNTY...

...VERY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION ONGOING IN DEKALB AND 

SYCAMORE...



AT 524 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

ADDITIONAL SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING CETNRAL 

DEKALB COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR AND MULTIPLE SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE 

THAT 3 TO OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN THE DEKALB AND SYCAMORE 

AREAS IN APPROXIMATELY 90 MINUTES THIS AFTERNOON. 



AT 525 PM...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER MEASURED 4.25 INCHES OF RAIN 

ONE MILE NORTH OF THE NIU CAMPUS IN DEKALB.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS...AS WELL AS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 

OFFICIALS REPORT VERY SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING AT THIS 

TIME IN THE CITY OF DEKALB AND ON THE NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY 

CAMPUS. CARS HAVE BEEN REPORTED FLOATING OUT OF FLOODED PARKING LOTS 

AND AT LEAST ONE RESIDENCE HALL IS BEING EVACUATED AT THIS TIME. 



THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SIUTATION 

IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF FAST FLOWING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST 

VEHICLES. PERSONS TRAVELING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA SHOULD USE 

EXTREME CAUTION AND IF ANY WATER IS ENCOUNTERED ON A ROADWAY...TURN 

AROUND AND FIND  DIFFERENT ROUTE DRIVING THROUGH FLOOD WATERS IS 

GAMBLING WITH YOUR LIFE



UP TO AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH TO INCH OF RAIN COULD FALL THROUGH 7 

PM...WHICH WOULD FURTHER AGGRIVATE THE FLASH FLOODING.



LAT...LON 4206 8861 4173 8861 4172 8862 4164 8861

      4164 8894 4215 8894 4215 8860 4207 8860



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000 

WGUS73 KLOT 092231

FFSLOT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

530 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007



ILC037-100130-

DEKALB IL-

530 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007



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

DEKALB COUNTY...

...VERY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION ONGOING IN DEKALB AND 

SYCAMORE...



AT 524 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

ADDITIONAL SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING CETNRAL 

DEKALB COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR AND MULTIPLE SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE 

THAT 3 TO OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN THE DEKALB AND SYCAMORE 

AREAS IN APPROXIMATELY 90 MINUTES THIS AFTERNOON. 



AT 525 PM...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER MEASURED 4.25 INCHES OF RAIN 

ONE MILE NORTH OF THE NIU CAMPUS IN DEKALB.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS...AS WELL AS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 

OFFICIALS REPORT VERY SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING AT THIS 

TIME IN THE CITY OF DEKALB AND ON THE NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY 

CAMPUS. CARS HAVE BEEN REPORTED FLOATING OUT OF FLOODED PARKING LOTS 

AND AT LEAST ONE RESIDENCE HALL IS BEING EVACUATED AT THIS TIME. 



THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SIUTATION 

IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF FAST FLOWING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST 

VEHICLES. PERSONS TRAVELING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA SHOULD USE 

EXTREME CAUTION AND IF ANY WATER IS ENCOUNTERED ON A ROADWAY...TURN 

AROUND AND FIND  DIFFERENT ROUTE DRIVING THROUGH FLOOD WATERS IS 

GAMBLING WITH YOUR LIFE



UP TO AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH TO INCH OF RAIN COULD FALL THROUGH 7 

PM...WHICH WOULD FURTHER AGGRIVATE THE FLASH FLOODING.



LAT...LON 4206 8861 4173 8861 4172 8862 4164 8861

      4164 8894 4215 8894 4215 8860 4207 8860



$$



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