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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

937 PM CDT FRI JUL 18 2008



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COOK IL-

937 PM CDT FRI JUL 18 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR

NORTHWESTERN COOK COUNTY...



AT 932 PM CDT...THE SALT CREEK IN ROLLING MEADOWS HAS RISEN 

SIGNIFICANTLY DURING THE LAST HOUR. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR 

FOR ANY REPORTS OF ANY ADDITIONAL FLOODING. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PALATINE...

INVERNESS AND ARLINGTON HEIGHTS



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4215 8813 4215 8793 4201 8792 4201 8813



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