

000 

WGUS53 KLOT 222338

FFWLOT

ILC063-197-230545-

/O.EXT.KLOT.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080123T0545Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

518 PM CST TUE JAN 22 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL GRUNDY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  SOUTHWESTERN WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 1145 PM CST...



* AT 449 PM CST...WILL COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS         

  REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM AN ICE JAM ON THE KANKAKEE RIVER.

  THE ICE JAM WAS JUST NORTH OF BARDWELL ISLAND. THE FLASH FLOODING  

  IS A THREAT IN THE PHALEN ACRES SUBDIVISION. THERE HAVE BEEN       

  RESCUES OF PEOPLE TRAPPED IN VEHICLES ON BLODGETT ROAD. 



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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

TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 180DEG 0KT 4134 8821



$$



WILSON/MARSILI

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000 

WGUS53 KLOT 222338

FFWLOT

ILC063-197-230545-

/O.EXT.KLOT.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080123T0545Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

518 PM CST TUE JAN 22 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL GRUNDY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  SOUTHWESTERN WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 1145 PM CST...



* AT 449 PM CST...WILL COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS         

  REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM AN ICE JAM ON THE KANKAKEE RIVER.

  THE ICE JAM WAS JUST NORTH OF BARDWELL ISLAND. THE FLASH FLOODING  

  IS A THREAT IN THE PHALEN ACRES SUBDIVISION. THERE HAVE BEEN       

  RESCUES OF PEOPLE TRAPPED IN VEHICLES ON BLODGETT ROAD. 



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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

TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 180DEG 0KT 4134 8821



$$



WILSON/MARSILI

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