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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

924 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  EASTERN MCHENRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT...



* AT 920 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE THE NORTH SUBURBS OF 

CHICAGO...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CRYSTAL LAKE TO WAUKEGAN. 



DOPPLER RADAR AND WEATHER OBSERVERS INDICATE THAT 2.5 TO 5 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY ILLINOIS. AN ADDITIONAL 

HALF IN TO AN INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY THROUGH 1030 AM. MANY ROADS ARE 

FLOODED IN THE AREA. 



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



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