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WGUS73 KLOT 190357

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

1056 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2007



ILC007-097-111-201-190615-

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

1056 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 1056 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED SOUTH 

ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR...MAINLY SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF 

CHICAGO.



HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER IN THE EVENING WILL 

CONTINUE TO CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING ACROSS FAR NORTHERN ILLINOIS 

THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE 

THAT SOME AREAS RECEIVED BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR INCHES OF 

RAIN...ESPECIALLY AREAS ALONG THE WISCONSIN STATE LINE WEST OF 

HARVARD...THOUGH THE SOUTH BELOIT AND LAKE SUMMERSET AREAS.



FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...DITCHES AND CREEKS WILL BE SLOW TO 

SUBSIDE LATE THIS EVENING. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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

      4231 8784 4249 8781 4248 8788 4249 8940



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