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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

423 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



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

LA SALLE IL-LAKE IN-

423 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 414 AM CDT...FLOODING CONTINUED OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. 

MANY SMALLER STREAMS WERE RISING RAPIDLY IN RESPONSE TO THE HEAVY 

RAINFALL. IN LAKE COUNTY INDIANA...HART DITCH AT MUNSTER WAS ALREADY 

ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND RISING RAPIDLY. PORTIONS OF THE LITTLE CALUMET 

RIVER WERE ALSO EXPERIENCING RAPID RISES.



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



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