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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

546 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007



ILC037-110045-

DEKALB IL-

546 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR

NORTHERN DEKALB COUNTY...



AT 536 PM CDT...MORE SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST INTO NORTHERN DE KALB 

COUNTY. RAINFALL WILL NOT BE HEAVY BUT WILL HELP TO RETARD SOME 

PARTS OF THE COUNTY FROM RECEDING ITS FLOOD WATERS. 



THE RECEDING OF FLOOD WATERS WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS TO RECEDE AND 

EVEN WITHOUT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL. THUS FLOODED VIADUCTS AND ROADWAYS 

MAY REMAIN IMPASSABLE FOR A COUPLE MORE HOURS.



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. IN RURAL AREAS...DO 

NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL 

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT

TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS.



LAT...LON 4180 8892 4187 8860 4215 8860 4215 8892



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