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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

144 AM CDT MON JUN 8 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  NORTHWESTERN LA SALLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  LEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  OGLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  WESTERN KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  MCHENRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 130 PM CDT MONDAY...



* AT 135 AM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM REPEATED BOUTS OF 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE RAPID FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH 

CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ILLINOIS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.



THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE INTO THE PREDAWN HOURS AND WITH 

RESULTING RAINFALL FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE BY 

MORNING. IT WILL TAKE HOURS FOR FLOOD WATERS TO RECEDE EVEN AFTER 

THE RAIN HAS ENDED.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  WOODSTOCK...WINNEBAGO...SYCAMORE...SPRING GROVE...ROCKTON...       

  ROCKFORD...ROCHELLE...POLO...  PECATONICA...OREGON...MOUNT         

  MORRIS... MCHENRY...MARENGO...MACHESNEY PARK...LAKE SUMMERSET      

  ...HUNTLEY...HEBRON...HARVARD...FORRESTON...DIXON.. .DE KALB       

  ...BYRON...BELVIDERE AND ASHTON



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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 4249 8819 4184 8850 4139 8889 4115 8915

      4158 8918 4159 8964 4193 8964 4193 8967

      4219 8970 4221 8941 4250 8940



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