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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

735 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 1030 AM CDT...



* AT 727 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE THE ENTIRE CHICAGO METRO AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

ACROSS THIS AREA OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS WILL DROP ANOTHER 

HALF INCH TO INCH OF RAIN BY 830 AM. 



SALT CREEK IN ROLLING MEADOWS IS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND RISING. 

BUFFALO CREEK IN WHEELING IS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND RISING. THE NORTH 

BRANCH OF THE CHICAGO RIVER IS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND RISING. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 4152 8825 4215 8826 4215 8774 4211 8772

      4207 8765 4198 8764 4197 8762 4191 8762

      4189 8759 4182 8758



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