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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

1151 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  FORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  IROQUOIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  SOUTHEASTERN KANKAKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...

  JASPER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...

  NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...



* UNTIL 600 AM CST/700 AM EST/...



* AT 1146 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING WAS IN PROGRESS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SEVERAL ROADWAYS  

  WERE REPORTED FLOODED WITH A COUPLE FEET OF WATER ACROSS THE       

  ROADWAYS. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT THREE QUARTERS OF  

  AN INCH TO LOCALLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL FROM THUNDERSTORMS      

  MONDAY EVENING. THIS HEAVY RAIN COMBINED WITH MELTING SNOW AND THE 

  FROZEN GROUND HAS RESULTED IN RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  CHATSWORTH...SHELDON...GILMAN...CULLOM...CLIFTON...ASHKUM...

  REMINGTON...GOODLAND...COLLEGEVILLE AND BROOK



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IN ADDITION...DENSE FOG IS BLANKETING MUCH OF 

THE AREA MAKING IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SPOT FLOODED ROADWAYS. 

PERSONS TRAVELING EARLY THIS MORNING SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION AND 

BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER FLOODED ROADS. IF WATER COVERS THE 

ROAD...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 4091 8697 4084 8699 4083 8709 4047 8711

      4048 8792 4040 8795 4040 8848 4083 8847

      4122 8692 4092 8692

TIME...MOT...LOC 0551Z 180DEG 0KT 4075 8762



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