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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

717 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROMEOVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  MCHENRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 115 AM CDT THURSDAY...



* AT 717 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT 

  BETWEEN TWO AND TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 

  FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN WINNEBAGO...NORTHERN BOONE AND WESTERN 

  MCHENRY COUNTIES.



* A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS 

  THE SAME AREA OVER FAR NORTHERN ILLINOIS. SOME AREAS MAY 

  RECEIVE AS MUCH AS 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL THIS EVENING.



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.



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. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.



THIS WARNING REPLACES THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY.



LAT...LON 4221 8940 4221 8916 4216 8917 4216 8778

      4231 8784 4249 8781 4248 8788 4249 8940



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