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WGUS73 KLOT 060314

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

1007 PM CDT SUN AUG 5 2007



ILC031-197-060530-

COOK IL-WILL IL-

1007 PM CDT SUN AUG 5 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN WILL AND 

SOUTHERN COOK COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM CDT...



RAIN HAS ENDED FOR THE WARNED AREA FOR THIS EVENING. HOWEVER EVEN 

THOUGH RAIN HAS STOPPED...IT IS A FREQUENT OCCURRENCE FOR FLOOD 

WATERS TO TAKE SEVERAL HOURS TO RECEDE.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT

ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT

STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR

IN A VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 4156 8824 4173 8825 4173 8804 4170 8804

      4169 8799 4172 8791 4172 8782 4173 8780

      4156 8779



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