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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

1249 AM CDT WED JUL 18 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROMEOVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 645 AM CDT...



* AT 1249 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 FRANKLIN

  GROVE...DIXON AND ASHTON.



AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM NORTHEAST IOWA TO NORTH 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS LEE 

COUNTY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.  1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL 

HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN LEE COUNTY AND 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 4189 8897 4190 8962 4159 8962 4161 8919

      4164 8915 4165 8895



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