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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

1029 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  NORTHERN LA SALLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  LEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  SOUTHEASTERN OGLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  NORTHERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  NORTHERN KENDALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  MCHENRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 430 PM CDT SATURDAY...



* AT 1021 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE THE AREA FROM DIXON AND           

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

  WEST SUBURBS OF CHICAGO. THIS INCLUDES THE NORTH HALF OF THE CITY  

  OF CHICAGO. 



DOPPLER RADAR AND WEATHER OBSERVERS INDICATE 4 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN 

FELL OVER THIS AREA OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. MANY CREEKS 

AND STREAMS ARE FLOODED AND STILL RISING. MANY ROADS ARE COVERED 

WITH WATER AND IMPASSIBLE. AVOID DRIVING IN THIS 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. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 4172 8803 4173 8826 4163 8827 4128 8917

      4157 8918 4159 8943 4186 8964 4216 8903

      4216 8894 4221 8894 4249 8836 4251 8810

      4249 8778 4227 8782 4207 8765 4189 8759



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