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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

504 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  NORTHERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 458 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH   

FLOODING OVER DE KALB...NORTHERN KANE AND NORTHWEST COOK COUNTIES. 



THESE STORMS WILL ALSO MOVE INTO DU PAGE COUNTY BY 6 PM. RAINFALL 

RATES IN THE STRONGER STORMS MAY BE AS HIGH AS 2 INCHES PER HOUR.



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4171 8893 4176 8760 4214 8779 4214 8892



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