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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

335 AM CDT MON JUN 8 2009



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WINNEBAGO IL-MCHENRY IL-BOONE IL-OGLE IL-KANE IL-DEKALB IL-LEE IL-

LA SALLE IL-

335 AM CDT MON JUN 8 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT MONDAY

FOR NORTHWESTERN LA SALLE...LEE...DEKALB...WESTERN KANE...OGLE...

BOONE...MCHENRY AND WINNEBAGO COUNTIES...



AT 329 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE

REPEATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING 

NORTHEAST THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL TO NORTHEAST ILLINOIS. RADAR 

ESTIMATES OF TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF 

LEE AND OGLE COUNTIES AS WELL AS SOUTHERN DE KALB AND KANE COUNTIES 

IN THE LAST 3 HOURS. MORE RAIN IS IMMINENT FOR THESE AND OTHER 

PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. STORM TOTAL PROJECTIONS OF 3 TO 5 

INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THE END OF THIS EVENT.



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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