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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

510 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-

510 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 503 AM CDT...WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL MOVING THROUGH 

THE WARNED AREA. THESE STORMS ARE NOT AS INTENSE AS THE FIRST ROUND 

OF INUNDATING RAINFALL. HOWEVER THE ADDITIONAL HALF TO ONE INCH 

AMOUNTS THAT ARE POSSIBLE THIS EARLY MORNING WILL ONLY SUSTAIN IF 

NOT WORSEN ANY CURRENT FLOODING. 



THE HEAVIER STORMS HAVE MOVED EAST INTO NORTHEAST ILLINOIS BUT HAVE 

WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY. SOME LOCAL URBAN FLOODING MAY BE A PROBLEM 

FOR VIADUCTS AND THE USUAL TROUBLE SPOTS THIS MORNING FOR LOCATIONS 

EAST OF THE WARNED AREA.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN CHICAGO.



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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