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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

1204 AM CDT TUE JUL 17 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROMEOVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OGLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT WEDNESDAY...



* AT 1204 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

FORRESTON...ADELINE...MOUNT MORRIS...OREGON AND LEAF RIVER.



AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM NORTHEAST IOWA TO NORTH 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS 

PORTIONS OF OGLE COUNTY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.  AT 

MIDNIGHT...DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 2 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL OGLE COUNTY SINCE 

1030 PM.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS LIKELY TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS.



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 4194 8969 4195 8964 4191 8963 4190 8895

      4215 8895 4215 8918 4220 8918 4220 8968



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