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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

920 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY...

  DEKALB COUNTY...

  LA SALLE COUNTY...

  LEE COUNTY...

  OGLE COUNTY...

  COOK COUNTY...

  DUPAGE COUNTY...

  GRUNDY COUNTY...

  KANE COUNTY...

  KANKAKEE COUNTY...

  KENDALL COUNTY...

  WILL COUNTY...

  LAKE COUNTY...

  PORTER COUNTY...



* UNTIL 400 AM CDT



* AT 915 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP AND MOVE 

  OVER THE SAME AREAS OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA.   

  DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTERS INDICATE THAT ANYWHERE FROM TWO AND A   

  HALF TO LOCALLY MORE THAN SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE 

  WARNING AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LAW ENFORCEMENT       

  OFFICIALS FROM ACROSS THE AREA INDICATE THAT WIDESPREAD AND IN     

  SOME CASES SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING ACROSS THE WARNING    

  AREA. 



* RUN OFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN WILL CONTINUE  

  TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. IN ADDITION...AND OF GREAT CONCERN IS   

  THE ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST ILLINOIS    

  AND IOWA THAT WILL PRODUCE MORE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT.  

  SOME LOCATIONS WILL SEE AN ADDITIONAL TWO INCHES OR MORE OF RAIN   

  BETWEEN 9 PM AND 3 AM CDT. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL      

  IMMEDIATELY RUN OFF AND COULD LEAD TO POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT      

  FLASH FLOODING.



THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. FLASH FLOODING IS ONE OF 

NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS...ANYONE TRAVELING ACROSS NORTHERN 

ILLINOIS TONIGHT SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION. IF YOU ENCOUNTER A 

FLOODED ROADWAY...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN



LAT...LON 4130 8714 4120 8734 4118 8753 4103 8753

      4102 8758 4093 8904 4110 8904 4113 8917

      4158 8915 4161 8959 4219 8968 4219 8918

      4215 8917 4215 8776 4178 8757 4163 8740

      4159 8730 4170 8694 4125 8694



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