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WGUS73 KLOT 130754

FFSLOT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

254 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



ILC031-063-091-093-099-105-197-INC089-131215-

/O.CON.KLOT.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-080913T1215Z/

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

COOK IL-LIVINGSTON IL-GRUNDY IL-KANKAKEE IL-KENDALL IL-WILL IL-

LA SALLE IL-LAKE IN-

254 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM CDT FOR

LAKE...SOUTHERN LA SALLE...WILL...SOUTHEASTERN KENDALL...NORTHERN

KANKAKEE...GRUNDY...NORTHERN LIVINGSTON AND SOUTHEASTERN COOK

COUNTIES...



AT 238 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF  

THE WARNED AREA.



RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN AN 

AREA FROM SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON COUNTY NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN COOK 

COUNTY. GOVERNORS HIGHWAY NEAR MATTESON WAS REPORTED CLOSED DUE TO 

FLOODING. OTHER ROADS IN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY WERE 

REPORTED TO BE FLOODED. MANY SMALL STREAMS WERE RISING RAPIDLY IN 

RESPONSE TO THE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING

FOR NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.



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



$$



MORRIS

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000 

WGUS73 KLOT 130754

FFSLOT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

254 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



ILC031-063-091-093-099-105-197-INC089-131215-

/O.CON.KLOT.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-080913T1215Z/

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

COOK IL-LIVINGSTON IL-GRUNDY IL-KANKAKEE IL-KENDALL IL-WILL IL-

LA SALLE IL-LAKE IN-

254 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM CDT FOR

LAKE...SOUTHERN LA SALLE...WILL...SOUTHEASTERN KENDALL...NORTHERN

KANKAKEE...GRUNDY...NORTHERN LIVINGSTON AND SOUTHEASTERN COOK

COUNTIES...



AT 238 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF  

THE WARNED AREA.



RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN AN 

AREA FROM SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON COUNTY NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN COOK 

COUNTY. GOVERNORS HIGHWAY NEAR MATTESON WAS REPORTED CLOSED DUE TO 

FLOODING. OTHER ROADS IN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY WERE 

REPORTED TO BE FLOODED. MANY SMALL STREAMS WERE RISING RAPIDLY IN 

RESPONSE TO THE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING

FOR NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.



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



$$



MORRIS

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