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WGUS73 KLOT 131340

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

840 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



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COOK IL-KANE IL-DUPAGE IL-WILL IL-

840 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



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

NORTHWESTERN WILL...DUPAGE...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN KANE AND COOK

COUNTIES...



AT 833 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE THE ENTIRE CHICAGO METRO AREA. 

RADAR AND WEATHER OBSERVERS INDICATE 2.5 TO NEARLY 5 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN IN THE AREA. HEAVIEST RAIN WAS IN KANE COUNTY INTO 

NORTHWEST DUPAGE AND NORTHERN COOK COUNTIES. EMERGENCY OFFICIALS 

HAVE REPORTED MANY ROADS FLOODED IN THE CHICAGO METRO AREA. AN 

ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY THROUGH 1000 AM. 



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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