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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

705 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2007



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OGLE IL-LEE IL-

705 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR LEE

AND SOUTHERN OGLE COUNTIES...



AT 641 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN LEE COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THE 

STRONGER STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT...RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL 

CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOOD PROBLEMS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 8960 4166 8897 4208 8899 4207 8961



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