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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

546 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008



ILC007-031-037-043-063-089-093-097-099-103-111-141-197-INC089-127-

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BOONE IL-DEKALB IL-LA SALLE IL-LEE IL-OGLE IL-COOK IL-DUPAGE 

IL-GRUNDY IL-KANE IL-KENDALL IL-LAKE IL-MCHENRY IL-WILL IL-LAKE 

IN-PORTER IN-

546 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CDT FOR

SOUTHERN BOONE...DEKALB...NORTHERN LA SALLE...EASTERN 

LEE...SOUTHEASTERN OGLE...COOK...DUPAGE...NORTHERN 

GRUNDY...KANE...KENDALL...LAKE...MCHENRY...WILL...LAKE...PORTER...



AT 543 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND COOP OBSERVERS 

INDICATE THAT BETWEEN A HALF INCH TO AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

ACROSS THE WARNING AREA.  WITH THE GROUND BEING FROZEN AND AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF WATER BEING RELEASED FROM A MELTED 

SNOW PACK...IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH EXTRA RAINFALL TO CAUSE FLOODING 

TO OCCUR.  



HART DITCH IN MUNSTER IS ALREADY ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND RAPIDLY 

RISING.  DEER CREEK IN CHICAGO HEIGHTS AND BUTTERFIELD CREEK IN 

FLOSSMOOR ARE ALSO RAPIDLY RISING AND LIKELY TO FLOOD SHORTLY.  

OTHER STREAMS AND CREEKS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA ARE ALSO EXPECTED 

TO BE RISING RAPIDLY.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 4130 8918 4157 8918 4159 8944 4160 8945

      4251 8861 4250 8779 4227 8782 4207 8765

      4180 8757 4165 8740 4164 8723 4132 8724



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