

000 

WGUS73 KLOT 271644

FFSLOT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

1044 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008



ILC007-031-037-043-063-089-091-093-097-099-111-197-INC073-089-111-

127-280300-

/O.CON.KLOT.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-081228T0300Z/

/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BOONE IL-DEKALB IL-LA SALLE IL-COOK IL-DUPAGE IL-GRUNDY IL

-KANE IL-KENDALL IL-LAKE IL-MCHENRY IL-WILL IL-KANKAKEE IL-LAKE 

IN-PORTER IN-JASPER IN-NEWTON IN

1044 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR

EASTERN BOONE...DEKALB...LA 

SALLE...COOK...DUPAGE...GRUNDY...KANE...NORTHERN 

KANKAKEE...KENDALL...LAKE ILLINOIS...MCHENRY...WILL...NORTHERN 

JASPER...LAKE INDIANA...NORTHERN NEWTON...AND PORTER COUNTIES...



AT 1044 AM CST...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

AFFECTING MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA. A HEAVIER BAND OF SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN 

ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA FROM EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY 

THIS EVENING...BRINGING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES. THIS 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COMBINED WITH THE RUNOFF FROM MELTING SNOW AND 

RAINFALL FROM LAST NIGHT WILL LEAD TO A CONTINUED THREAT OF FLASH 

FLOODING THROUGH THIS EVENING.



HART DITCH AT MUNSTER IN LAKE COUNTY INDIANA...DEER CREEK AT CHICAGO 

HEIGHTS...BUTTERFIELD CREEK AT FLOSSMOOR...AND THE NORTH BRANCH OF 

THE CHICAGO RIVER AT NILES ARE ALREADY ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND RAPIDLY 

RISING.  OTHER STREAMS AND CREEKS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA ARE ALSO 

EXPECTED TO BE RISING RAPIDLY.



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 4112 8903 4250 8880 4250 8779 4224 8780

      4207 8765 4184 8759 4171 8751 4169 8741

      4165 8740 4163 8728 4166 8713 4172 8698

      4172 8693 4111 8692



$$



000 

WGUS73 KLOT 271644

FFSLOT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

1044 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008



ILC007-031-037-043-063-089-091-093-097-099-111-197-INC073-089-111-

127-280300-

/O.CON.KLOT.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-081228T0300Z/

/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BOONE IL-DEKALB IL-LA SALLE IL-COOK IL-DUPAGE IL-GRUNDY IL

-KANE IL-KENDALL IL-LAKE IL-MCHENRY IL-WILL IL-KANKAKEE IL-LAKE 

IN-PORTER IN-JASPER IN-NEWTON IN

1044 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR

EASTERN BOONE...DEKALB...LA 

SALLE...COOK...DUPAGE...GRUNDY...KANE...NORTHERN 

KANKAKEE...KENDALL...LAKE ILLINOIS...MCHENRY...WILL...NORTHERN 

JASPER...LAKE INDIANA...NORTHERN NEWTON...AND PORTER COUNTIES...



AT 1044 AM CST...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

AFFECTING MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA. A HEAVIER BAND OF SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN 

ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA FROM EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY 

THIS EVENING...BRINGING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES. THIS 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COMBINED WITH THE RUNOFF FROM MELTING SNOW AND 

RAINFALL FROM LAST NIGHT WILL LEAD TO A CONTINUED THREAT OF FLASH 

FLOODING THROUGH THIS EVENING.



HART DITCH AT MUNSTER IN LAKE COUNTY INDIANA...DEER CREEK AT CHICAGO 

HEIGHTS...BUTTERFIELD CREEK AT FLOSSMOOR...AND THE NORTH BRANCH OF 

THE CHICAGO RIVER AT NILES ARE ALREADY ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND RAPIDLY 

RISING.  OTHER STREAMS AND CREEKS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA ARE ALSO 

EXPECTED TO BE RISING RAPIDLY.



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 4112 8903 4250 8880 4250 8779 4224 8780

      4207 8765 4184 8759 4171 8751 4169 8741

      4165 8740 4163 8728 4166 8713 4172 8698

      4172 8693 4111 8692



$$

