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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

232 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 830 AM CDT...



* AT 228 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG   

  THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHWEST ILLINOIS INTO LAKE COUNTY ILLINOIS.   

  THE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY PUSH SOUTHWARD INTO    

  NORTHERN COOK COUNTY THROUGH 4 AM. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES AN   

  HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT  

  IN GRAYSLAKE HAS REPORTED EXTENSIVE STREET FLOODING WITH A FOOT OF 

  STANDING WATER IN SOME LOCATIONS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HAWTHORN

  WOODS...ZION...WINTHROP HARBOR...WAUKEGAN...WAUCONDA...WADSWORTH...

  VERNON HILLS...VENETIAN VILLAGE...TOWER LAKES...THIRD LAKE...ROUND

  LAKE...PARK CITY...NORTH CHICAGO...MUNDELEIN...LONG LAKE...

  LINDENHURST...LIBERTYVILLE...LAKE VILLA...LAKE FOREST...GURNEE...

  GREEN OAKS...GRAYSLAKE...GRANDWOOD PARK...GAGES LAKE...CHANNEL

  LAKE...BEACH PARK AND ANTIOCH



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.



LAT...LON 4200 8824 4198 8766 4226 8786 4248 8782

      4248 8818



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