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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

656 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 2009



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COOK IL-KANKAKEE IL-WILL IL-

656 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR

WILL...NORTHWESTERN KANKAKEE AND SOUTH CENTRAL COOK COUNTIES...



AT 655 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SHOWERS 

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR 

BOLINGBROOK TO NEW LENOX TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANTENO TO 8 MILES 

WEST OF BOURBONNAIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS LINE OF 

SHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO THE PALOS PARK...ORLAND PARK...MOKENA... 

FRANKFORT...PEOTONE AND MANTENO AREAS THROUGH 8 PM CDT. RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS AROUND AN INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED.



STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING BETWEEN 2 AND 

4 INCHES HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE JOLIET AND CREST HILL AREAS OF 

WESTERN WILL COUNTY SINCE MID AFTERNOON...PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT 

FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...STREETS AND VIADUCTS. 



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

LEMONT...HOMER GLEN...MOKENA...ORLAND PARK...FRANKFORT...TINLEY

PARK...PALOS HILLS AND PEOTONE



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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