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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

128 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  SOUTHERN LA SALLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  SOUTHEASTERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  GRUNDY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  NORTHERN KANKAKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  SOUTHEASTERN KENDALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...



* UNTIL 715 AM CDT...



* AT 127 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY     

  RAIN FALLING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND FAR NORTHWEST   

  INDIANA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER  

  HOUR ARE POSSIBLE.



LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE CLOSED IN NORTHERN 

LIVINGSTON COUNTY DUE TO FLOODING.



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. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER 

DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



LAT...LON 4130 8724 4104 8818 4075 8889 4076 8895

      4091 8895 4093 8907 4110 8908 4112 8919

      4112 8918 4182 8758 4169 8748 4169 8741

      4164 8736 4164 8724



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