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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

212 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  NORTHERN AND WESTERN LA SALLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  SOUTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  NORTHWESTERN KENDALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT...



* AT 201 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE 

AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF ONE TO AROUND TWO INCHES PER HOUR. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 

TWO TO FOUR INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA BY 

8 AM. RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH 

FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW LYING AREAS.



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

  SYCAMORE...SUGAR GROVE...SHABBONA...PAW PAW... HINCKLEY...         

  HAMPSHIRE...GENEVA...ELBURN...DE KALB...AND BATAVIA



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 4185 8827 4115 8918 4118 8919 4119 8918

      4157 8918 4158 8940 4159 8943 4161 8943

      4190 8893 4214 8856



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