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WGUS73 KLOT 131635

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

1135 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



ILC007-031-037-043-089-093-097-099-103-111-141-132130-

/O.CON.KLOT.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-080913T2130Z/

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

MCHENRY IL-BOONE IL-LAKE IL-OGLE IL-COOK IL-KANE IL-DEKALB IL-

DUPAGE IL-LEE IL-KENDALL IL-LA SALLE IL-

1135 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR

NORTHERN LA SALLE...NORTHERN KENDALL...LEE...DUPAGE...DEKALB...

KANE...NORTHERN COOK...SOUTHEASTERN OGLE...LAKE...SOUTHERN BOONE AND

MCHENRY COUNTIES...



AT 1135 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE

HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE THE AREA FROM DIXON AND 

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

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

CHICAGO. 



DOPPLER RADAR AND WEATHER OBSERVERS INDICATE 3 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA...WITH THE CORRIDOR OF HEAVIEST RAIN FROM 

COMPTON IN LEE COUNTY...TO ELGIN AND WILMETTE. THERE WAS A LULL IN 

THE RAINFALL AROUND MID MORNING BUT ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE 

THROUGH THE AREA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES IS 

LIKELY IN SOME OF THE NORTH AND WEST SUBURBS THROUGH 100 PM. MANY 

ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE IN THIS AREA UNLESS 

ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.



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.



NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. 



LAT...LON 4172 8803 4173 8826 4163 8830 4129 8917

      4157 8918 4158 8942 4186 8963 4216 8903

      4216 8894 4221 8894 4249 8836 4249 8778

      4227 8782 4207 8765 4188 8761



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000 

WGUS73 KLOT 131635

FFSLOT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

1135 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



ILC007-031-037-043-089-093-097-099-103-111-141-132130-

/O.CON.KLOT.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-080913T2130Z/

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

MCHENRY IL-BOONE IL-LAKE IL-OGLE IL-COOK IL-KANE IL-DEKALB IL-

DUPAGE IL-LEE IL-KENDALL IL-LA SALLE IL-

1135 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR

NORTHERN LA SALLE...NORTHERN KENDALL...LEE...DUPAGE...DEKALB...

KANE...NORTHERN COOK...SOUTHEASTERN OGLE...LAKE...SOUTHERN BOONE AND

MCHENRY COUNTIES...



AT 1135 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE

HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE THE AREA FROM DIXON AND 

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

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

CHICAGO. 



DOPPLER RADAR AND WEATHER OBSERVERS INDICATE 3 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA...WITH THE CORRIDOR OF HEAVIEST RAIN FROM 

COMPTON IN LEE COUNTY...TO ELGIN AND WILMETTE. THERE WAS A LULL IN 

THE RAINFALL AROUND MID MORNING BUT ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE 

THROUGH THE AREA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES IS 

LIKELY IN SOME OF THE NORTH AND WEST SUBURBS THROUGH 100 PM. MANY 

ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE IN THIS AREA UNLESS 

ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.



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.



NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. 



LAT...LON 4172 8803 4173 8826 4163 8830 4129 8917

      4157 8918 4158 8942 4186 8963 4216 8903

      4216 8894 4221 8894 4249 8836 4249 8778

      4227 8782 4207 8765 4188 8761



$$



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