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WGUS73 KLOT 271937

FFSLOT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

137 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008



ILC007-037-099-103-141-201-280230-

/O.CON.KLOT.FF.W.0037.000000T0000Z-081228T0230Z/

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

BOONE IL-DEKALB IL-LA SALLE IL-LEE IL-OGLE IL-WINNEBAGO IL



137 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR

BOONE COUNTY...WESTERN DEKALB COUNTY...WESTERN LA SALLE COUNTY...  

LEE COUNTY...OGLE COUNTY...WINNEBAGO COUNTY...



A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN ILLINOIS. AT 130 

PM...THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS FROM MCHENRY COUNTY 

TO LASALLE COUNTY. RAINFALL OF UP TO AN INCH AN HOUR WAS OCCURRING 

WITH THIS LINE. BEHIND THE LINE OF STORMS...RADAR INDICATED A LARGE 

AREA OF MODERATE RAINFALL. AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAIN COULD 

OCCUR THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 



LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED MANY STATE AND COUNTY ROADS FLOODED IN 

PARTS OF LEE AND OGLE COUNTY. MANY CREEKS AND DITCHES WILL ALSO BE 

FULL WITH FAST MOVING WATER. BASEMENT FLOODING IS ALSO LIKELY 

THROUGHOUT THE AREA. 



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



$$

ALLSOPP

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000 

WGUS73 KLOT 271937

FFSLOT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

137 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008



ILC007-037-099-103-141-201-280230-

/O.CON.KLOT.FF.W.0037.000000T0000Z-081228T0230Z/

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

BOONE IL-DEKALB IL-LA SALLE IL-LEE IL-OGLE IL-WINNEBAGO IL



137 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR

BOONE COUNTY...WESTERN DEKALB COUNTY...WESTERN LA SALLE COUNTY...  

LEE COUNTY...OGLE COUNTY...WINNEBAGO COUNTY...



A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN ILLINOIS. AT 130 

PM...THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS FROM MCHENRY COUNTY 

TO LASALLE COUNTY. RAINFALL OF UP TO AN INCH AN HOUR WAS OCCURRING 

WITH THIS LINE. BEHIND THE LINE OF STORMS...RADAR INDICATED A LARGE 

AREA OF MODERATE RAINFALL. AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAIN COULD 

OCCUR THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 



LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED MANY STATE AND COUNTY ROADS FLOODED IN 

PARTS OF LEE AND OGLE COUNTY. MANY CREEKS AND DITCHES WILL ALSO BE 

FULL WITH FAST MOVING WATER. BASEMENT FLOODING IS ALSO LIKELY 

THROUGHOUT THE AREA. 



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



$$

ALLSOPP

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