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WGUS53 KLOT 221750

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ILC063-197-222345-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

1138 AM CST TUE JAN 22 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ICE JAM FLOODING ON THE KANKAKEE RIVER 

IN...

  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL GRUNDY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  SOUTHWESTERN WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 545 PM CST TUESDAY...



* AT 1134 AM CST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

FLOODING FROM AN ICE JAM ON THE KANKAKEE RIVER DOWNSTREAM OF 

WILMINGTON ILLINOIS. AN ICE JAM NEAR THE INTERSTATE 55 BRIDGE HAD 

MOVED SLIGHTLY DOWNSTREAM AND JAMMED AGAIN...RESULTING IN RAPID 

RISES ON THE RIVER IN THE VICINITY.



WATER LEVELS CAN RISE RAPIDLY AND CAN QUICKLY INUNDATE SURROUNDING 

AREAS IN THE VICINITY OF A JAM. RESIDENTS IN LOW LYING AREAS ALONG 

THE KANKAKEE RIVER DOWNSTREAM OF WILMINGTON SHOULD TAKE ACTION NOW.



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

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

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.



LAT...LON 4133 8827 4132 8816 4129 8817 4131 8827

TIME...MOT...LOC 1738Z 180DEG 0KT 4134 8821



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