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WGUS73 KLOT 190434

FFSLOT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

1134 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2007



ILC031-043-063-089-093-197-INC089-127-190845-

COOK IL-KANE IL-DUPAGE IL-GRUNDY IL-KENDALL IL-WILL IL-LAKE IN-

PORTER IN-

1134 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM CDT FOR

PORTER...LAKE...WILL...KENDALL...GRUNDY...DUPAGE...KANE AND COOK

COUNTIES...



AT 1134 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO NORTHWEST 

INDIANA...MAINLY SOUTH OF THE KANKAKEE RIVER. HOWEVER...AN AREA OF 

LIGHTER RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. THIS LIGHTER RAIN WILL GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH 

2 AM CDT.



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

CONTINUE TO CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING ACROSS NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND 

NORTHWEST INDIANA OVERNIGHT. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 

GENERALLY BETWEEN ONE AND A HALF AND TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF 

RAIN FELL ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA EARLIER THIS EVENING...CAUSING 

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF AREA STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS.



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

SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT. 



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 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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