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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

917 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  EXTREME NORTHERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  NORTHERN OGLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  EXTREME NORTHERN KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  MCHENRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 100 PM CDT...



* AT 906 AM CDT...FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE ROCKFORD AND          

  BELVIDERE AREA FROM A THUNDERSTORM NOW MOVING THROUGH MCHENRY      

  COUNTY.  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 AND A HALF TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL

  FROM THIS STORM AS IT PASSED THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL                 

  ILLINOIS. THIS HAS CREATED EXTENSIVE PONDING OF WATER AND          

  FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. 



  OF GREATER CONCERN IS A LARGER COMPLEX OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NOW 

  MOVING ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST ILLINOIS.  THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS IS 

  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE BRINGING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

  AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES OR MORE TO THE WARNING AREA BY NOON.  THIS

  AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL RAIN OVER ALREADY SATURATED AREAS WILL

  TRIGGER FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

 

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE

  SUMMERSET...DURAND...BYRON...WINNEBAGO...STILLMAN VALLEY...ROCKFORD

  AIRPORT...ROCKTON...ROCKFORD...MACHESNEY PARK...LOVES PARK...

  ROSCOE...CHERRY VALLEY...KIRKLAND...BELVIDERE...POPLAR GROVE...

  KINGSTON...CAPRON...GENOA...HARVARD...MARENGO...HAMPSHIRE...

  WOODSTOCK...HUNTLEY...LAKEWOOD...GILBERTS...WONDER LAKE...BULL

  VALLEY...LAKE IN THE HILLS...SLEEPY HOLLOW...ALGONQUIN...MCCULLOM

  LAKE...MCHENRY AND WEST DUNDEE



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.

PEOPLE ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO

PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



&&



LAT...LON 4247 8826 4209 8829 4207 8967 4220 8967

      4221 8941 4248 8941



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