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WGUS53 KLOT 230347

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ILC031-197-230745-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

1042 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 245 AM CDT...



* AT 1038 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL 

  TOTALS OF AROUND 1 INCH SINCE 930 PM CDT FROM NORTHERN WILL COUNTY 

  THROUGH SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PASS  

  THROUGH THE SAME LOCATIONS THROUGH MIDNIGHT PRODUCING ADDITIONAL   

  HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES.



DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN 

DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



LAT...LON 4163 8826 4121 8826 4122 8804 4131 8801

      4130 8755 4172 8754 4188 8763 4187 8791

      4172 8790



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