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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

544 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  NORTHWESTERN KANKAKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...



* AT 543 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS REPORTED FROM SHOWERS 

  OVER THE WARNED AREA. THIS RAIN IS ASSOCIATED WITH A SLOW MOVING 

  UPPER DISTURBANCE WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT EAST ACROSS THE 

  AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. IN EXCESS OF 3.00 INCHES OF RAIN 

  HAS FALLEN ACROSS WESTERN WILL COUNTY SINCE MID AFTERNOON...AND 

  THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST 

  INTO PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST KANKAKEE...CENTRAL WILL AND SOUTHERN 

  COOK COUNTY THROUGH 7 PM CDT. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF 

  RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO 

  PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...VIADUCTS AND AREA CREEKS...  

  INCLUDING CEDAR CREEK IN WESTERN WILL COUNTY.



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

  PARK...ROMEOVILLE...PLAINFIELD...PALOS HILLS...ORLAND PARK...NEW

  LENOX...MOKENA...LOCKPORT...LEMONT...JOLIET...HOMER GLEN...

  FRANKFORT AND BOLINGBROOK



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.



HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF ROADS...VIADUCTS...

UNDERPASSES...CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED

AREAS AND KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM FLOOD WATERS.



&&



LAT...LON 4111 8794 4110 8825 4172 8826 4172 8803

      4169 8803 4169 8798 4172 8794 4172 8779

      4127 8779



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