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WGUS73 KLOT 230228

FFSLOT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

824 PM CST TUE JAN 22 2008



ILC063-197-230545-

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

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

GRUNDY IL-WILL IL-

824 PM CST TUE JAN 22 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CST FOR

SOUTHWESTERN WILL AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL GRUNDY COUNTIES...



AT 824 PM CST...WILL COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT 

FLOODING CONTINUES ON THE KANKAKEE RIVER WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 55 

BRIDGE AS A RESULT OF AN ICE JAM. BLODGETT ROAD AND THE PHALEN ACRES 

SUBDIVISION WERE EXPERIENCING FLOODING. THE ICE JAM WAS LOCATED JUST 

NORTH OF THE BARDWELL ISLAND...OR ABOUT 3 MILES WEST OF THE 

INTERSTATE 55 BRIDGE.



RESIDENTS IN AREAS ALONG THE KANKAKEE RIVER NEAR THE WILL GRUNDY 

COUNTY BORDER SHOULD CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING 

FLOOD SITUATION.



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 0224Z 180DEG 0KT 4134 8821



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000 

WGUS73 KLOT 230228

FFSLOT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

824 PM CST TUE JAN 22 2008



ILC063-197-230545-

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

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

GRUNDY IL-WILL IL-

824 PM CST TUE JAN 22 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CST FOR

SOUTHWESTERN WILL AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL GRUNDY COUNTIES...



AT 824 PM CST...WILL COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT 

FLOODING CONTINUES ON THE KANKAKEE RIVER WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 55 

BRIDGE AS A RESULT OF AN ICE JAM. BLODGETT ROAD AND THE PHALEN ACRES 

SUBDIVISION WERE EXPERIENCING FLOODING. THE ICE JAM WAS LOCATED JUST 

NORTH OF THE BARDWELL ISLAND...OR ABOUT 3 MILES WEST OF THE 

INTERSTATE 55 BRIDGE.



RESIDENTS IN AREAS ALONG THE KANKAKEE RIVER NEAR THE WILL GRUNDY 

COUNTY BORDER SHOULD CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING 

FLOOD SITUATION.



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 0224Z 180DEG 0KT 4134 8821



$$



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