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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

905 AM CST FRI FEB 9 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  FORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  IROQUOIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  LA SALLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS

  DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS

  GRUNDY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS

  KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS

  KANKAKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS

  KENDALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS

  LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS

  MCHENRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS

  WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS

  BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA

  JASPER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA

  LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA

  NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA

  PORTER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA



* UNTIL 400 PM CST(500 PM EST)



* AT 900 AM CST(1000 AM EST)...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A 

LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF 

ILLINOIS AND EASTERN MISSOURI.   AN ADDITIONAL 1 1/2 TO 2 INCHES OF 

RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS THE WARNING AREA BY MID AFTERNOON AS THE HEAVY 

RAIN MOVES NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND 

NORTHWEST INDIANA.  



THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN...FALLING ON FROZEN AND OR SATURATED 

GROUND WILL RESULT IN THE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.   MANY RIVERS 

AND CREEKS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ALREADY AT OR SLIGHTLY OVER 

BANKFULL.  THIS ADDITIONAL RAPID RUNOFF WILL AGGREVATE THIS 

SITUATION AND RESULT IN SOME RIVER FLOODING.      



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