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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

705 AM CDT WED JUL 18 2007



ILC099-181515-

LA SALLE IL-

705 AM CDT WED JUL 18 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM CDT FOR

WESTERN LA SALLE COUNTY...



AT 659 AM CDT...RUNOFF CONTINUES FROM HEAVY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT. 

RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER 

PORTIONS OF WESTERN LASALLE COUNTY MOSTLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE 

FROM MENDOTA TO LEONORE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4162 8916 4111 8917 4112 8883 4156 8886



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