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WGUS73 KLOT 272349

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

549 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008



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

549 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008



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

WESTERN LA SALLE...LEE...WESTERN DEKALB...OGLE...EASTERN BOONE AND

WINNEBAGO COUNTIES...



AT 538 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE

RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. LIGHT RAIN ENDED OVER MUCH OF NORTH 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS BUT ANOTHER SURGE OF RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST 

ACROSS LASALLE AND DEKALB COUNTIES. THIS RAIN WILL END BY 700 PM. 

LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED. 



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

AND ICE MELT OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...HAS RESULTED IN WIDESPREAD FLOODING 

OF CREEKS...DITCHES...ROADS...AND LOW LYING AREAS. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

ROCKFORD...ROCHELLE...OREGON...BELVIDERE...AND MENDOTA. 



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.



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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