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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

500 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL LA SALLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  GRUNDY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 300 PM CDT THURSDAY...



* AT 457 AM CDT...REPEATED SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

OVER THE SAME AREAS HAS INUNDATED MANY PARTS OF LA SALLE AND GRUNDY 

COUNTIES WITH AREAS OF 2 INCHES OR MORE OF RAINFALL. MORE RAIN WILL 

CONTINUE THROUGH DAYBREAK ACROSS THE SAME AREAS...ADDING TO THOSE 

AREAS ALREADY IN FLOOD AND ACCUMULATING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NEW 

AREAS OF THOSE COUNTIES. RAINS WILL END BY MIDDAY TODAY BUT FLOOD 

WATERS WILL TAKE MANY HOURS TO RECEDE.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SERENA...

  OTTAWA...OGLESBY...MORRIS...MAZON...MARSEILLES...LA SALLE...GRAND

  RIDGE...GARDNER AND COAL CITY



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.



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 4119 8917 4142 8917 4150 8869 4139 8846

      4138 8825 4115 8825 4120 8864



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