

000 

WGUS73 KLOT 131317

FFSLOT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

817 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



ILC031-089-097-111-131430-

/O.CON.KLOT.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-080913T1430Z/

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

MCHENRY IL-LAKE IL-COOK IL-KANE IL-

817 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM CDT FOR

EXTREME NORTHEASTERN KANE...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN COOK...LAKE AND

EASTERN MCHENRY COUNTIES...



AT 810 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN GENERALLY 

SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CRYSTAL LAKE TO WAUKEGAN. HEAVY RAIN WILL 

CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH TO INCH OF RAIN 

AN HOUR EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST 930 AM. THIS WILL AFFECT SKOKIE 

RIVER...THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE CHICAGO RIVER...INDIAN CREEK AND 

BUFFALO CREEK. 



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.



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 4214 8827 4250 8827 4251 8791 4250 8779

      4249 8778 4238 8779 4235 8781 4227 8782

      4218 8776 4213 8776



$$



ALLSOPP

