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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

819 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2007



ILC007-097-111-201-190615-

WINNEBAGO IL-MCHENRY IL-BOONE IL-LAKE IL-

819 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR

LAKE...BOONE...MCHENRY AND WINNEBAGO COUNTIES...



AT 815 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS 

WINNEBAGO...BOONE...MCHENRY AND SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTIES.



ALSO AT 815 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR 

INCHES HAD FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN WINNEBAGO...BOONE AND NORTHWEST 

MCHENRY COUNTIES. BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 

ACROSS SOUTHERN MCHENRY AND LAKE COUNTIES. WHILE THE HEAVIEST STORMS 

WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE SOUTH OF THE WARNED AREA...ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE 

COUNTIES THIS EVENING.



SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE THAT SEVERAL ROAD AND STREETS HAVE BEEN 

CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING OVER NORTHERN WINNEBAGO COUNTY...IN THE 

ROSCOE AND SOUTH BELOIT AREAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF AN INCH 

IN 20 TO 30 MINUTES WERE REPORTED AT LAKE ZURICH AND 

LIBERTYVILLE...AND WATER WAS REPORTED PONDING ON THE TRI STATE 

TOLLWAY NEAR THE LAKE FOREST OASIS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



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

      4231 8784 4249 8781 4248 8788 4249 8940



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