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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

400 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2007



...SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST 

ILLINOIS...



ILC031-097-071330-

LAKE IL-COOK IL-

400 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN COOK AND 

LAKE COUNTIES UNTIL 830 AM CDT...



AT 358 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED TO 

AFFECT NORTHERN COOK COUNTY...WHILE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN AND 

EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER LAKE COUNTY. NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF AROUND 2 

INCHES HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...WITH SOME LOCALIZED 3 

INCH AMOUNTS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING THE AREA 

FROM NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND WILL BRING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TO THE 

WARNING AREA THROUGH SUNRISE.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING 

TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...ANTIOCH...ARLINGTON HEIGHTS...BARRINGTON...BEACH 

PARK...BUFFALO GROVE...DEERFIELD...DES PLAINES...GAGES 

LAKE...GLENVIEW...GRAYSLAKE...GURNEE...HIGHLAND PARK...HOFFMAN 

ESTATES...ISLAND LAKE AND LAKE FOREST.



MANY ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED FLOODED IN THE NORTH 

AND FAR NORTHWEST SUBURBS.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOOD WATERS. 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.



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

      4248 8818



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