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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

334 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  NORTHWESTERN WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 730 AM CDT...



* AT 328 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED 

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA.



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

  HARBOR...WINNETKA...WILMETTE...WHEELING...ROLLING MEADOWS...

  PROSPECT HEIGHTS...PALATINE...NORTHFIELD...NORTHBROOK...

  INVERNESS...GLENVIEW...GLENCOE...EAST DUNDEE AND ARLINGTON HEIGHTS





THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO PORTIONS OF COOK...DUPAGE...AND 

NORTHWEST WILL COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES IN SOME OF THE HEAVIER STORMS 

MAY APPROACH 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR.



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.



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 4152 8825 4215 8826 4215 8775 4181 8760



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