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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...FORD AND IROQUOIS COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

  DE KALB AND LA SALLE COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS.           

  COOK...DUPAGE...GRUNDY...KANE...KANKAKEE...KENDALL...LAKE

  MCHENRY AND  WILL COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS.

  BENTON...JASPER...LAKE...NEWTON AND PORTER COUNTIES 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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