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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

645 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



ILC007-031-037-043-053-063-075-089-091-093-097-099-103-105-111-141-

197-201-INC073-089-111-127-142130-

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

DEKALB IL-DUPAGE IL-LEE IL-FORD IL-IROQUOIS IL-LIVINGSTON IL-

GRUNDY IL-KANKAKEE IL-KENDALL IL-WILL IL-LA SALLE IL-NEWTON IN-

JASPER IN-LAKE IN-PORTER IN-

645 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



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

FOR PORTER...LAKE COUNTY INDIANA...NORTHERN JASPER...NORTHERN 

NEWTON...LA SALLE...WILL...KENDALL...KANKAKEE...GRUNDY...

LIVINGSTON...NORTHERN IROQUOIS...NORTH CENTRAL FORD...LEE... 

DUPAGE...DEKALB...KANE...COOK...OGLE...LAKE COUNTY 

ILLINOIS...SOUTHERN BOONE...MCHENRY AND SOUTHEASTERN WINNEBAGO 

COUNTIES...



AT 626 AM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A BROAD AREA OF RAIN 

MOVING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.  

RAINFALL RATES HAVE BEEN FAIRLY SMALL THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING 

HOURS...BUT AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING NORTH FROM 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND WILL BE IN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE THE 

HOUR.  THIS WILL PRODUCE HIGHER RAINFALL RATES UP TO A HALF INCH PER 

HOUR...WHICH WILL ADD TO THE ONGOING FLOODING.



MAJOR FLOODING IS ONGOING ALONG PORTIONS OF THE EAST BRANCH OF THE 

DUPAGE RIVER AT BOLINGBROOK AND PLAINFIELD. THE RIVER STAGE AT 

BOLINGBROOK IS 22.8 FEET...WHICH IS NEARING THE RECORD STAGE OF  

23.75 FEET SET BACK IN THE JULY 1996 FLOODS. MANY HOMES THAT HAVE 

NEVER SEEN FLOODING ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING OR WILL BE THIS 

MORNING.



OTHER STREAMS IN FLOOD INCLUDE...

SALT CREEK AT ROLLING MEADOWS...ELMHURST...AND WESTERN SPRINGS...

BUFFALO CREEK AT WHEELING...

NORTH BRANCH OF THE CHICAGO RIVER AT DEERFIELD...





THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE REPORTS OF CARS BEING SWEPT AWAY FROM 

RISING WATERS SO DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE 

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW 

YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.



LAT...LON 4061 8857 4074 8861 4075 8893 4091 8895

      4093 8907 4110 8908 4112 8919 4157 8918

      4160 8966 4209 8970 4251 8815 4250 8779

      4224 8780 4207 8765 4171 8751 4163 8728

      4172 8693 4114 8692



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