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000 

WGUS73 KLOT 180606

FFSLOT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

105 AM CDT WED JUL 18 2007



ILC141-181100-

OGLE IL-

105 AM CDT WED JUL 18 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR OGLE

COUNTY...



AT 105 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

FORRESTON...MOUNT MORRIS...POLO AND OREGON.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE 

PAST 3 HOURS ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN OGLE COUNTY.  THERE HAVE 

BEEN REPORTS OF STREET CLOSURES IN THE CITY OF POLO.  THUNDERSTORMS 

IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS WILL MOVE THROUGH OGLE COUNTY AND PROVIDE 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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.



LAT...LON 4194 8969 4195 8964 4191 8963 4190 8895

      4215 8895 4215 8918 4220 8918 4220 8968



$$



HALBACH

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000 

WGUS73 KLOT 180606

FFSLOT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

105 AM CDT WED JUL 18 2007



ILC141-181100-

OGLE IL-

105 AM CDT WED JUL 18 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR OGLE

COUNTY...



AT 105 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

FORRESTON...MOUNT MORRIS...POLO AND OREGON.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE 

PAST 3 HOURS ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN OGLE COUNTY.  THERE HAVE 

BEEN REPORTS OF STREET CLOSURES IN THE CITY OF POLO.  THUNDERSTORMS 

IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS WILL MOVE THROUGH OGLE COUNTY AND PROVIDE 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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.



LAT...LON 4194 8969 4195 8964 4191 8963 4190 8895

      4215 8895 4215 8918 4220 8918 4220 8968



$$



HALBACH

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