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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

542 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  SOUTHERN KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...



* AT 542 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY 

  HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING ACROSS SOUTHERN KANE COUNTY. RADAR 

  ESTIMATES OF UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS 

  SOUTHEAST DEKALB COUNTY. AURORA AIRPORT HAS MEASURED 2 AND 

  ONE QUARTER INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST 50 MINUTES. AN ADDITIONAL 

  2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



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

  GROVE...NORTH AURORA...HINCKLEY AND AURORA



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.



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

      4182 8860 4179 8874



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