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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

558 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008



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

NEWTON IN-JASPER IN-BENTON IN-

558 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 555 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE

RAIN PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 

QUARTER OF AN INCH TO HALF INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE EARLY THIS 

EVENING...ESPECIALLY EAST OF I-57. RAIN SHOULD END AT PONTIAC BY 700 

PM...AT WATSEKA AND PAXTON BY 800 PM...AND AT FOWLER AND RENSSELAER 

AROUND 900 PM. 



RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES TODAY...PLUS AND ADDITIONAL INCH OF ICE 

AND SNOW MELT HAS CAUSED SOME FLOODING OF CREEKS...DITCHES... 

ROADS...AND LOW LYING AREAS. 



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

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



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS MORE DIFFICULT TO SEE

WATER ON THE ROAD OR JUDGE HOW DEEP IT IS.



HEAVY 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.



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



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