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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

1036 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009



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WINNEBAGO IL-MCHENRY IL-BOONE IL-OGLE IL-KANE IL-DEKALB IL-

1036 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR

NORTHERN DEKALB...NORTHERN KANE...NORTHERN OGLE...BOONE...MCHENRY AND

WINNEBAGO COUNTIES...



AT 1023 AM CDT...NUMEROUS REPORTS OF PONDING OF WATER AND FLOODED 

ROADWAYS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 4 

INCHES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA HAVE RESULTED IN FLOODING OF LOW 

LYING AREAS. 

 

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

THUNDERSTORMS NOW MOVING ACROSS AREAS WEST OF INTERSTATE 39. 

THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE EASTWARD ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS  

BRINGING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES OR MORE. 



AT 1030 AM HAM RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED ZERO VISIBILITY IN 

TORRENTIAL RAIN ON BYPASS ROUTE 20 WEST OF ROCKFORD.  



THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF 

ROADS...CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE 

THROUGH AREAS WHERE FLOWING WATER COVERS THE ROAD.



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

      4221 8941 4248 8941



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