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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

645 PM CDT TUE AUG 7 2007



ILC037-089-090445-

KANE IL-DEKALB IL-

645 PM CDT TUE AUG 7 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN DEKALB 

AND SOUTHERN KANE COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...



AT 645 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL HAD ENDED ACROSS 

SOUTHERN KANE AND SOUTHEASTERN DEKALB COUNTIES. WHILE THE HEAVY 

RAINFALL HAS ENDED...RUN OFF FROM THE TORRENTIAL RAIN THAT FELL LATE 

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. 



DOPPLER RADAR AND SURFACE REPORTS INDICATE THAT 3 TO POSSIBLY MORE 

THAN 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN A ONE TO TWO HOUR PERIOD FROM JUST 

SOUTH OF HINCKLEY EASTWARD TO NEAR THE SUGAR GROVE AREA...GENERALLY 

ALONG HIGHWAY 30. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED FLOODING 

OF STREETS IN THE SUGAR GROVE AREA AS WELL AS WATER OVER HIGHWAY 30 

WEST OF SUGAR GROVE. 



THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL IN THE BIG ROCK AND WELCH CREEK BASINS AND 

BOTH CREEKS HAVE LIKELY SWOLLEN AND ARE PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING AS 

RUN OFF CONTINUES THIS EVENING. PERSONS TRAVELING ACROSS 

SOUTHEASTERN DEKALB AND SOUTHERN KANE COUNTIES SHOULD USE EXTRA 

CAUTION AND BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER FLOODED ROADWAYS. IF WATER IS 

ENCOUNTERED OVER A ROAD...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN



LAT...LON 4170 8874 4172 8862 4173 8827 4183 8827

      4182 8860 4179 8874



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