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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

154 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 745 PM CDT...THERE IS WIDE SPREAD FLOODING IN COOK COUNTY 

AND CITY OF CHICAGO. THE AREA IS BOUNDED BY FRANKLIN PARK ILLINOIS 

TO MONTROSE HARBOR TO CALUMET CITY TO ORLAND PARK.  



* AT 145 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING

  FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  WESTCHESTER...STICKNEY...OAK PARK...NORTHLAKE...MIDWAY AIRPORT...

  LOGAN SQUARE...LINCOLN PARK...LAKEVIEW...LA GRANGE...HYDE PARK...

  HUMBOLDT PARK...FRANKLIN PARK...FOREST PARK...DOUGLAS PARK...

  CICERO...CHICAGO...BROOKFIELD AND BRIDGEPORT



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.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN CHICAGO.



MORE THAN HALF OF FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. TWO FEET OF

FAST MOVING WATER CAN SWEEP VEHICLES...EVEN A PICKUP OR AN SUV...OFF

THE ROAD AND INTO A FLOOD SWOLLEN STREAM. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



DO NOT GO INTO A FLOODED BASEMENT. THERE MAY BE AN ELECTRIC SHOCK

HAZARD IF FLOOD WATER COVERS ELECTRICAL OUTLETS OR APPLIANCES.



&&



LAT...LON 4159 8753 4159 8787 4194 8792 4196 8764

      4186 8761 4185 8761 4178 8758



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