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WGUS73 KLOT 020037

FFSLOT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

737 PM CDT MON JUN 1 2009



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WINNEBAGO IL-MCHENRY IL-BOONE IL-

737 PM CDT MON JUN 1 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR

BOONE...SOUTHERN MCHENRY AND WINNEBAGO COUNTIES...



AT 734 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...HOWEVER 

RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE. IT WILL TAKE TIME FOR 

HIGH WATER LEVELS TO RECEDE ON AREA ROADS AND STREETS.



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

WATER ON THE ROAD OR JUDGE HOW DEEP IT IS.



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.



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

      4215 8917 4220 8918 4220 8941 4246 8941



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