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WGUS73 KLOT 131347

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

847 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



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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-

847 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 842 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 AREA FROM DIXON AND 

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

THE NORTHWEST AND WEST SUBURBS OF CHICAGO. 



DOPPLER RADAR AND WEATHER OBSERVERS INDICATE THAT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL FROM AMBOY AND 

COMPTON IN LEE COUNTY THROUGH ELGIN IN KANE COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 

TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY THROUGH 1000 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.



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 4150 8826 4110 8917 4157 8918 4159 8965

      4183 8964 4251 8855 4250 8825



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