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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

340 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008



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COOK IL-KANKAKEE IL-WILL IL-

340 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR

WILL...NORTHERN KANKAKEE AND SOUTHERN COOK COUNTIES...



AT 339 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATES THAT ABOUT 

2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL EARLIER THIS MORNING ACROSS THE WARNING 

AREA. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS SINCE ENDED...IT WILL TAKE A FEW HOURS 

FOR THE STANDING WATERS TO RECEDE.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO UNIVERSITY

PARK...TINLEY PARK...SOUTH HOLLAND...SHOREWOOD...ROCKDALE...RICHTON 

PARK...PLAINFIELD...PARK FOREST...ORLAND PARK...OLYMPIA FIELDS...

OAK FOREST...MOKENA...MIDLOTHIAN...MATTESON...LEMONT...LANSING 

...JOLIET...INGALLS PARK...HOMEWOOD...HOMER GLEN...HAZEL 

CREST...GLENWOOD...FRANKFORT...FLOSSMOOR...DOLTON...CRETE.. 

.CRESTWOOD...COUNTRY CLUB HILLS...CHICAGO HEIGHTS...CALUMET CITY AND 

BOLINGBROOK



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 4172 8827 4163 8753 4120 8754 4119 8824

TIME...MOT...LOC 0840Z 180DEG 0KT 4143 8803



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