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WGUS73 KLOT 070817

FFSLOT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

317 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2007



...SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN 

ILLINOIS...



ILC007-111-201-071200-

WINNEBAGO IL-MCHENRY IL-BOONE IL-

317 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BOONE...MCHENRY AND 

WINNEBAGO COUNTIES UNTIL 700 AM CDT...



AT 315 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF 

NORTHERN ILLINOIS. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED JUST TO THE 

SOUTH OF THE WARNED AREA...AND WERE LOCATED ALONG A  LINE FROM JUST 

SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ROCKFORD...TO BELVIDERE...TO MARENGO AND 

CRYSTAL LAKE. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE 

SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE WARNING AREA...THOUGH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE AREA...AND ADDITIONAL 

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST ILLINOIS FROM IOWA...AND 

WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE WARNING AREA EARLY THIS MORNING.



RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN 

WINNEBAGO...BOONE AND MCHENRY COUNTIES SINCE 11 PM CDT. SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THESE AREAS FOR THE NEXT 

SEVERAL HOURS...WITH SOME AREAS LIKELY SEEING STORM TOTAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS AND WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE 

FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING AND ROAD 

CLOSURES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AND MEDIA.



LOCATIONS INCLUDED IN THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING INCLUDE...BELVIDERE...

HARVARD...LOVES PARK...MACHESNEY PARK...MARENGO...MCHENRY...PISTAKEE

HIGHLANDS...ROCKFORD...ROCKFORD AIRPORT...ROCKTON...WONDER LAKE...

WOODSTOCK...BULL VALLEY...CAPRON AND CHERRY VALLEY.



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 4248 8820 4216 8821 4216 8914 4220 8918

      4220 8939 4248 8939



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000 

WGUS73 KLOT 070817

FFSLOT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

317 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2007



...SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN 

ILLINOIS...



ILC007-111-201-071200-

WINNEBAGO IL-MCHENRY IL-BOONE IL-

317 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BOONE...MCHENRY AND 

WINNEBAGO COUNTIES UNTIL 700 AM CDT...



AT 315 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF 

NORTHERN ILLINOIS. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED JUST TO THE 

SOUTH OF THE WARNED AREA...AND WERE LOCATED ALONG A  LINE FROM JUST 

SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ROCKFORD...TO BELVIDERE...TO MARENGO AND 

CRYSTAL LAKE. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE 

SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE WARNING AREA...THOUGH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE AREA...AND ADDITIONAL 

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST ILLINOIS FROM IOWA...AND 

WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE WARNING AREA EARLY THIS MORNING.



RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN 

WINNEBAGO...BOONE AND MCHENRY COUNTIES SINCE 11 PM CDT. SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THESE AREAS FOR THE NEXT 

SEVERAL HOURS...WITH SOME AREAS LIKELY SEEING STORM TOTAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS AND WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE 

FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING AND ROAD 

CLOSURES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AND MEDIA.



LOCATIONS INCLUDED IN THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING INCLUDE...BELVIDERE...

HARVARD...LOVES PARK...MACHESNEY PARK...MARENGO...MCHENRY...PISTAKEE

HIGHLANDS...ROCKFORD...ROCKFORD AIRPORT...ROCKTON...WONDER LAKE...

WOODSTOCK...BULL VALLEY...CAPRON AND CHERRY VALLEY.



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 4248 8820 4216 8821 4216 8914 4220 8918

      4220 8939 4248 8939



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