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ILC031-310600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

1003 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 100 AM CDT



* AT 1003 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE 

OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR OHARE AIRPORT TO EVANSTON AND OUT OVER 

LAKE MICHIGAN. OHARE AIRPORT RECEIVED MORE THAN TWO INCHES OF RAIN 

IN THE PAST HOUR...AND ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN ARE 

POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN COOK COUNTY.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  WINNETKA

  WILMETTE

  SKOKIE

  SCHILLER PARK

  ROSEMONT

  ROGERS PARK



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT...AND WATCH FOR FLOODED ROADS.



IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROAD...TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE

ROUTE. A CAR OR SMALL TRUCK WILL FLOAT IN ABOUT 2 FEET OF WATER...

EVEN WITH 4 WHEEL DRIVE. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



LAT...LON 4211 8771 4196 8765 4193 8793 4205 8797



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