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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

140 AM CDT THU AUG 23 2007



ILC031-197-230745-

COOK IL-WILL IL-

140 AM CDT THU AUG 23 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR WILL

AND SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL COOK COUNTIES...



AT 140 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

LIGHT RAIN WAS FALLING ACROSS SOUTHEAST COOK COUNTY AND EASTERN WILL 

COUNTY. THE RAIN WILL END BY 215 AM. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO TWO 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY AND 

CENTRAL WILL COUNTY.



AT 1106 PM CDT...MEDIA REPORTS INDICATED THE NORTHBOUND MICHIGAN 

AVENUE ENTRANCE TUNNEL TO NORTHBOUND LAKE SHORE DRIVE WAS FLOODED.



AREAS OF STANDING WATER AND FLOOD WATERS WILL SLOWLY RECEDE DURING 

THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. HOWEVER...NEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS WESTERN ILLINOIS...AND THIS ACTIVITY WILL 

LIKELY MOVE EAST ACROSS AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80...LATER THIS 

MORNING TOWARD SUNRISE.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

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.



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.



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

      4130 8755 4172 8754 4188 8763 4187 8791

      4172 8790



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