

000 

WGUS53 KLOT 312000

FFWLOT

ILC031-043-312245-

/O.NEW.KLOT.FF.W.0016.080731T2000Z-080731T2245Z/

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



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

300 PM CDT THU JUL 31 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 545 PM CDT...



* AT 255 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL  

  UP TO 1.4 INCHES FROM EAST OF ELGIN TO STREAMWOOD TO               

  BLOOMINGDALE... ADDISON AND LOMBARD.  ADDITIONAL                   

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDED TO THE SOUTHEAST   

  INTO COOK COUNTY FROM FRANKLIN PARK TO HILLSIDE AND COUNTRYSIDE    

  SOUTHEAST TO DOWNTOWN CHICAGO...MUCH OF THE SOUTH SIDE TO CALUMET  

  PARK AND OAK LAWN. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OHARE

  AIRPORT...STREAMWOOD...SCHAUMBURG...ROSEMONT...HOFFMAN ESTATES...

  HANOVER PARK AND ELK GROVE VILLAGE INCLUDING MUCH OF CENTRAL COOK  

  COUNTY AND THE CITY OF CHICAGO. 



SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED 0.77 INCHES OF RAIN IN 29 MINUTES NEAR ELGIN 

AND 0.57 INCHES OF RAIN IN 13 MINUTES AT ARLINGTON HEIGHTS.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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.



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 4158 8753 4190 8826 4206 8827 4207 8824

      4214 8824 4187 8759 4180 8757 4176 8753



$$



ED F

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000 

WGUS53 KLOT 312000

FFWLOT

ILC031-043-312245-

/O.NEW.KLOT.FF.W.0016.080731T2000Z-080731T2245Z/

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



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

300 PM CDT THU JUL 31 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 545 PM CDT...



* AT 255 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL  

  UP TO 1.4 INCHES FROM EAST OF ELGIN TO STREAMWOOD TO               

  BLOOMINGDALE... ADDISON AND LOMBARD.  ADDITIONAL                   

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDED TO THE SOUTHEAST   

  INTO COOK COUNTY FROM FRANKLIN PARK TO HILLSIDE AND COUNTRYSIDE    

  SOUTHEAST TO DOWNTOWN CHICAGO...MUCH OF THE SOUTH SIDE TO CALUMET  

  PARK AND OAK LAWN. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OHARE

  AIRPORT...STREAMWOOD...SCHAUMBURG...ROSEMONT...HOFFMAN ESTATES...

  HANOVER PARK AND ELK GROVE VILLAGE INCLUDING MUCH OF CENTRAL COOK  

  COUNTY AND THE CITY OF CHICAGO. 



SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED 0.77 INCHES OF RAIN IN 29 MINUTES NEAR ELGIN 

AND 0.57 INCHES OF RAIN IN 13 MINUTES AT ARLINGTON HEIGHTS.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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.



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 4158 8753 4190 8826 4206 8827 4207 8824

      4214 8824 4187 8759 4180 8757 4176 8753



$$



ED F

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