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WGUS73 KLOT 272302

FFSLOT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

502 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008



ILC053-063-075-091-099-105-INC007-073-111-280345-

/O.CON.KLOT.FF.W.0038.000000T0000Z-081228T0345Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

FORD IL-IROQUOIS IL-LIVINGSTON IL-GRUNDY IL-KANKAKEE IL-LA SALLE IL-

NEWTON IN-JASPER IN-BENTON IN-

502 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CST/1045 PM

EST/ FOR BENTON...JASPER...NEWTON...SOUTHERN LA SALLE...SOUTHERN

KANKAKEE...SOUTHERN GRUNDY...LIVINGSTON...IROQUOIS AND FORD

COUNTIES...



AT 500 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED LIGHT TO 

MODERATE RAIN CONTINUING TO FALL OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAIN SHOULD 

END AT PONTIAC BY 700 PM...AT WATSEKA AND PAXTON AROUND 800 PM...AND 

AT FOWLER AND RENSSELAER AT AROUND 900 PM CST. 



RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES TODAY...PLUS WATER EQUIVALENT FROM ICE AND 

SNOW MELT OF AROUND AN INCH...HAS PRODUCED WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF 

ROADS...CREEKS...DITCHES...AND LOW LYING AREAS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING.  



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE STREATOR...PONTIAC...KANKAKEE... 

DWIGHT...RENSSELAER...MOROCCO...AND FOWLER. 



RAIN WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF ROADS...CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS

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

COVERS THE ROAD.



FLOODED CREEKS AND STREAMS SOMETIMES OVERFLOW AROUND A BRIDGE. THE

ROAD APPROACHING A BRIDGE MAY FLOOD EVEN THOUGH THE BRIDGE ITSELF IS

ABOVE WATER. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH AN AREA WHERE WATER IS FLOWING

ACROSS A ROAD.



LAT...LON 4091 8697 4084 8699 4083 8709 4047 8711

      4048 8792 4040 8795 4039 8846 4061 8848

      4062 8859 4074 8861 4076 8895 4091 8895

      4093 8907 4110 8908 4110 8913 4114 8914

      4114 8692 4092 8692



$$



ALLSOPP

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000 

WGUS73 KLOT 272302

FFSLOT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

502 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008



ILC053-063-075-091-099-105-INC007-073-111-280345-

/O.CON.KLOT.FF.W.0038.000000T0000Z-081228T0345Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

FORD IL-IROQUOIS IL-LIVINGSTON IL-GRUNDY IL-KANKAKEE IL-LA SALLE IL-

NEWTON IN-JASPER IN-BENTON IN-

502 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CST/1045 PM

EST/ FOR BENTON...JASPER...NEWTON...SOUTHERN LA SALLE...SOUTHERN

KANKAKEE...SOUTHERN GRUNDY...LIVINGSTON...IROQUOIS AND FORD

COUNTIES...



AT 500 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED LIGHT TO 

MODERATE RAIN CONTINUING TO FALL OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAIN SHOULD 

END AT PONTIAC BY 700 PM...AT WATSEKA AND PAXTON AROUND 800 PM...AND 

AT FOWLER AND RENSSELAER AT AROUND 900 PM CST. 



RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES TODAY...PLUS WATER EQUIVALENT FROM ICE AND 

SNOW MELT OF AROUND AN INCH...HAS PRODUCED WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF 

ROADS...CREEKS...DITCHES...AND LOW LYING AREAS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING.  



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE STREATOR...PONTIAC...KANKAKEE... 

DWIGHT...RENSSELAER...MOROCCO...AND FOWLER. 



RAIN WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF ROADS...CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS

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

COVERS THE ROAD.



FLOODED CREEKS AND STREAMS SOMETIMES OVERFLOW AROUND A BRIDGE. THE

ROAD APPROACHING A BRIDGE MAY FLOOD EVEN THOUGH THE BRIDGE ITSELF IS

ABOVE WATER. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH AN AREA WHERE WATER IS FLOWING

ACROSS A ROAD.



LAT...LON 4091 8697 4084 8699 4083 8709 4047 8711

      4048 8792 4040 8795 4039 8846 4061 8848

      4062 8859 4074 8861 4076 8895 4091 8895

      4093 8907 4110 8908 4110 8913 4114 8914

      4114 8692 4092 8692



$$



ALLSOPP

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