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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

638 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-

638 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 630 AM CDT...RAIN WAS MOVING OUT OF THE WARNED AREA EARLY THIS 

MORNING. HOWEVER MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING UP FROM 

WESTERN ILLINOIS AND EASTERN MISSOURI TOWARD THE AREA AND WILL 

LIKELY START ADDING MORE RAINFALL TO OVERNIGHTS AMOUNTS BY 900 AM 

THIS MORNING. 



RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL LAST NIGHT 

FROM LEE COUNTY NORTHEAST THROUGH OGLE...DE KALB...AND KANE COUNTIES

...TAPERING TO 1 TO 3 INCHES IN MCHENRY COUNTY. WINNEBAGO...BOONE... 

AND NORTHERN LA SALLE COUNTIES SO FAR HAVE ONLY COLLECTED 1 TO 2 

INCHES. 



PLEASE 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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