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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

537 PM CDT MON JUN 1 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  SOUTHERN MCHENRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...



* AT 535 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE RESULTING 

IN FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS 

MOVING OVER THE AREA MAY PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER 

HOUR. STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN ROCKFORD AS WELL AS WITHIN 

BOONE COUNTY.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



HEAVY 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.



MORE THAN HALF OF FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. TWO FEET OF

FAST MOVING WATER CAN SWEEP VEHICLES...EVEN A PICKUP OR AN SUV...OFF

THE ROAD AND INTO A FLOOD SWOLLEN STREAM. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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LAT...LON 4235 8829 4216 8830 4215 8859 4217 8860

      4215 8917 4220 8918 4220 8941 4246 8941



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