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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

1003 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  NORTHERN DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 200 PM CDT...



* AT 954 AM CDT...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS WAS REPORTED FROM A    

  THUNDERSTORM NOW OVER THE WARNED AREA.  THIS THUNDERSTORM IS       

  PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR  

  ON TOP OF THE 1 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS FROM STORMS EARLIER THIS 

  MORNING.  



  OF GREATER CONCERN IS YET ANOTHER...LARGER CLUSTER OF              

  THUNDERSTORMS NOW APPROACHING THE ROCKFORD AREA. THESE STORMS WILL 

  CONTINUE EAST SOUTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHEAST ILLINOIS BY AROUND      

  NOON...BRINGING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES OR MORE. 



  THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF              

  CREEKS...VIADUCTS...AND ROADWAYS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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 4239 8780 4232 8783 4221 8780 4210 8771

      4191 8765 4188 8825 4245 8818 4245 8782



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