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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

950 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROMEOVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  GRUNDY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  KENDALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...

  PORTER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...



* UNTIL 345 AM CDT THURSDAY...



* AT 950 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF 

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL FROM SOUTHERN KANE 

  COUNTY...EAST TO NORTHERN LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES.



RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF 

RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE CHICAGO METRO AREA THIS 

EVENING...WITH MUCH OF THIS RAINFALL OCCURRING IN A VERY SHORT 

DURATION IN THE HEAVIEST STORMS. WHILE RAIN WAS DIMINISHING ACROSS 

NORTHERN PARTS OF THE CHICAGO AREA...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAIN 

WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING...AND 

FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS UNDERPASSES...DITCHES AND 

CREEKS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO THE 

MORRIS...PEOTONE...CROWN POINT AND VALPARAISO AREAS THROUGH 11 PM 

CDT.



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 IN 

EFFECT EARLIER FOR KANE...DUPAGE...COOK AND NORTHERN WILL COUNTIES.



LAT...LON 4112 8859 4113 8827 4122 8823 4123 8804

      4130 8803 4131 8751 4132 8694 4170 8695

      4161 8722 4162 8737 4171 8753 4187 8762

      4203 8767 4203 8860



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