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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

1237 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  WESTERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  WESTERN LA SALLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  LEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  OGLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 830 PM CST...



* AT 1235 PM CST...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED FROM A LINE OF       

  THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH OF     

  RAIN HAS ALREADY OCCURRED THIS MORNING. A LINE OF                  

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL INCH TO INCH AND A 

  HALF THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...SNOW AND ICE MELT WILL          

  AGGRAVATE FLOODING. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO            

  ROCKFORD...ROCHELLE...POPLAR GROVE...OREGON...MENDOTA...

  DIXON...AND BELVIDERE



HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF ROADS...VIADUCTS...

UNDERPASSES...CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED

AREAS AND KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM FLOOD WATERS.



HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO RESULT IN FLOODING OF CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS

AND LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE FLOWING WATER

COVERS THE ROAD.



LAT...LON 4250 8913 4250 8877 4237 8876 4106 8900

      4106 8907 4110 8908 4112 8919 4157 8918

      4158 8963 4176 8965



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