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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

1150 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  NORTHERN DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 245 AM CDT...



* AT 1138 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY    

  RAIN MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN COOK COUNTY.  



  RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL UP TO 2 AND A HALF INCHES IS INDICATED    

  WITH THIS STORMS. 



  ALSO...RESIDENTIAL FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN ITASCA ALONG WITH 

  NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODED ROADWAYS ACROSS NORTHERN COOK COUNTY.



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.



LAT...LON 4194 8822 4213 8814 4212 8772 4207 8765

      4198 8764 4197 8762 4191 8762 4189 8759

      4184 8759 4177 8756



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