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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

829 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-

829 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



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

FOR PORTER...LAKE...NORTHERN JASPER...NORTHERN NEWTON...LA SALLE...

WILL...KENDALL...KANKAKEE...GRUNDY...LIVINGSTON...NORTHERN

IROQUOIS...NORTH CENTRAL FORD...LEE...DUPAGE...DEKALB...KANE...

COOK...OGLE...LAKE...SOUTHERN BOONE...MCHENRY AND SOUTHEASTERN

WINNEBAGO COUNTIES...



AT 818 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO TRACK A 

LARGE SHIELD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE WARNING AREA 

ROTATING AROUND THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IKE. THE MODERATE TO HEAVY 

RAIN WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST 

INDIANA THROUGH LATE MORNING...BEFORE ENDING FROM THE WEST AROUND 

MIDDAY. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF A HALF INCH TO AN INCH AND HALF CAN BE 

EXPECTED. GIVEN THE ONGOING FLOODING AND SATURATED GROUNDS THIS 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE RUNOFF AND FURTHER 

AGGRAVATE THE ALREADY SERIOUS FLOODING SITUATION. 



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. 



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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