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WGUS73 KLOT 131242

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

742 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



ILC007-031-037-043-063-089-093-099-103-111-141-197-201-131530-

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WINNEBAGO IL-MCHENRY IL-BOONE IL-OGLE IL-COOK IL-KANE IL-DEKALB IL-

DUPAGE IL-LEE IL-GRUNDY IL-KENDALL IL-WILL IL-LA SALLE IL-

742 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FOR LA

SALLE...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WILL...KENDALL...NORTHWESTERN GRUNDY...

LEE...EXTREME WESTERN DUPAGE...DEKALB...KANE...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN

COOK...EASTERN OGLE...SOUTHERN BOONE...MCHENRY AND SOUTHEASTERN

WINNEBAGO COUNTIES...



AT 736 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE THE AREA FROM DIXON AND 

LASALLE...EAST THROUGH BELVIDERE...DEKALB AND OTTAWA...AND INTO THE 

WEST AND NORTHWEST SUBURBS OF CHICAGO. 



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS 

THIS AREA OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE ANOTHER HALF TO 

ONE INCH OF RAIN THROUGH 900 AM. EMERGENCY OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED 

NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED. 



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.



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

FOR NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.



LAT...LON 4150 8826 4110 8917 4157 8918 4159 8965

      4183 8964 4251 8855 4250 8825



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