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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

1045 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009



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COOK IL-KANE IL-DUPAGE IL-

1045 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST FOR

DUPAGE...SOUTHEASTERN KANE AND NORTHERN COOK COUNTIES...



AT 1036 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND TRAINED WEATHER 

SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO FOUR 

INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA EARLIER THIS EVENING AND 

CONTINUE TO CAUSE MULTIPLE ROADS TO BE CLOSED.  SMALL STREAMS AND 

RIVERS HAVE ALSO GONE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE SUCH AS THE NORTH BRANCH OF 

THE CHICAGO RIVER...SALT CREEK AND THE WEST BRANCH OF THE DUPAGE 

RIVER.  THESE SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE 

OVERNIGHT AS WATER RUNS OFF INTO THEM.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

AURORA...WARRENVILLE...WHEATON...CAROL STREAM...DES PLAINES AND 

EVANSTON. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

PEOPLE ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO

PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



LAT...LON 4176 8797 4173 8829 4173 8853 4187 8845

      4215 8775 4207 8765 4198 8764 4197 8762

      4193 8762



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