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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

647 AM CDT FRI AUG 1 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  NORTHERN DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  NORTHERN KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 845 AM CDT...



* AT 642 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED 2.04 INCHES OF   

  RAIN PER HOUR IN ELGIN. THE KANE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED MINOR     

  FLOODING AROUND GILBERTS ILLINOIS. A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY  

  WAS NEAR ELGIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 21 MPH.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ST.

  CHARLES...WAYNE...DUPAGE AIRPORT...BARTLETT...HANOVER PARK...CAROL

  STREAM...ROSELLE...MEDINAH...ITASCA...ADDISON AND WOOD DALE



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.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



LAT...LON 4214 8853 4215 8826 4199 8826 4198 8796

      4189 8796 4191 8851



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