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WGUS53 KLOT 090728

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ILC031-043-089-090930-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

224 AM CDT TUE JUL 9 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS

  DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS

  KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 430 AM CDT



* AT 224 AM CDT...RADAR ESTIMATES AND PUBLIC REPORTS INDICATE 

BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE MIDNIGHT IN A 

ZONE FROM DEKALB COUNTY EASTWARD INTO NORTHERN COOK AND PORTIONS OF 

DUPAGE COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE RAIN ARE MOVING 

SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH BUT LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY CONTINUE UNTIL NEAR 

DAYBREAK.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  ADDISON...

  ARLINGTON HEIGHTS...

  AURORA...

  BARTLETT...

  BATAVIA...

  BEDFORD 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 CAN BE SWEPT OFF A ROAD AND INTO A STREAM

BY AS LITTLE AS TWO FEET OF WATER.



LAT...LON 4214 8782 4167 8754 4173 8799 4175 8858

          4214 8860 &



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