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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

1129 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  NORTHERN KANKAKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 530 AM CDT THURSDAY...



* AT 1123 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR   

  PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF RAIN  

  HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL...SLOW MOVING          

  THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE AREA WHICH WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL     

  HEAVY RAINFALL THIS EVENING. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ALL OF WILL...FAR NORTHERN 

KANKAKEE...AND SOUTHERN COOK COUNTIES.  



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.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 4172 8827 4163 8753 4120 8754 4119 8824

TIME...MOT...LOC 0429Z 180DEG 0KT 4143 8803



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