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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

1215 AM CDT THU JUL 19 2007



ILC037-103-141-190800-

OGLE IL-DEKALB IL-LEE IL-

1215 AM CDT WED JUL 19 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR

LEE...DEKALB AND OGLE COUNTIES...



AT 1215 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD GENERALLY MOVED OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST 

OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...LOCALIZED FLOODING RESULTING FROM 

RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS WILL BE SLOW TO 

SUBSIDE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. IN ADDITION...SCATTERED 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND 

NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS FROM EASTERN IOWA DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS.



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 4159 8963 4159 8918 4163 8918 4164 8863

      4214 8861 4215 8922 4220 8921 4220 8968

      4192 8969 4193 8965



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