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WGUS53 KLOT 132201

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ILC031-043-197-140200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

455 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN COOK COUNTY 

  DUPAGE COUNTY 

  NORTHERN WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 450 PM CDT(450 PM EST) THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLOODING             

  IN GLEN ELLYN...MOUNT PROSPECT AND PLAINFIELD. WATER WAS TWO TO    

  THREE FEET DEEP IN WHEATON ON DOWNTOWN STREETS AT 445 PM CDT. 



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  ADDISON

  ARLINGTON HEIGHTS

  BARRINGTON

  BOLINGBROOK

  BARTLETT

  BEDFORD PARK

  PLAINFIELD

  WHEATON 

  BLOMINGDALE

  MOUNT PROSPECT

 

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.



REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT

AGENCY AND HAVE THEM RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE.



LAT...LON 4217 8773 4174 8760 4164 8827 4216 8825



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WILSON



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