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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

245 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN KANKAKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  EAST CENTRAL WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...

  SOUTHERN PORTER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...



* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT...



* AT 236 AM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED BY RADAR AS A RESULT 

  OF REPEATED THUNDERSTORM PASSAGE OVER THE WARNED AREA. MORE STORMS 

  THAT DEVELOPED IN KANKAKEE COUNTY WILL PASS OVER CENTRAL LAKE      

  AND SOUTHERN PORTER COUNTIES AND INUNDATE THOSE AREA WITH 3-4      

  INCHES OF RAIN BEFORE THE NIGHT IS OVER. FLOOD WATERS WILL         

  LIKELY NOT RECEDE UNTIL AROUND NOONTIME THURSDAY. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BOONE

  GROVE...MALDEN...PEOTONE...BEECHER...HEBRON...CROWN POINT AND CEDAR

  LAKE



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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 4136 8799 4144 8744 4143 8716 4148 8695

      4135 8694 4114 8797



$$



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