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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

1248 PM CST TUE JAN 22 2008



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GRUNDY IL-WILL IL-

1248 PM CST TUE JAN 22 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ICE JAM FLOODING ALONG THE KANKAKEE 

RIVER REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR

SOUTHWESTERN WILL AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL GRUNDY COUNTIES...



AT 1247 PM CST...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 

THE ICE JAM AT THE INTERSTATE 55 BRIDGE DOWNSTREAM OF WILMINGTON HAD 

MOVED FURTHER DOWNSTREAM AND WAS NOW LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF 

BARDWELL ISLAND...ABOUT 3 MILES WEST OF THE I55 BRIDGE. WATER LEVELS 

HAD DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE VICINITY OF THE I55 BRIDGE BUT 

REMAINED HIGH IN THE VICINITY OF THE JAM. 



ICE JAMS ARE VERY UNPREDICTABLE AND THE JAM CAN BREAK AND BEGIN TO 

MOVE DOWNSTREAM AGAIN WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. WATER LEVELS CAN 

RISE RAPIDLY IN THE VICINITY OF A JAM.



RESIDENTS IN AREAS ALONG THE KANKAKEE RIVER NEAR THE WILL GRUNDY 

COUNTY BORDER SHOULD CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING 

FLOOD SITUATION.



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.



REPORT ICE JAM FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR 

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

CHICAGO.



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

TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 180DEG 0KT 4134 8821



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