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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

1150 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS

  MCHENRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT



* AT 1150 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED MORE HEAVY RAIN 

MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER OF ILLINOIS COUNTIES ALONG THE 

WISCONSIN BORDER. ONE TO TWO INCH AMOUNTS WERE INDICATED IN SOME 

AREAS OF THESE COUNTIES FROM THE EARLIER PASSAGE OF HEAVY 

THUNDERSTORMS. THESE NEW STORMS ARE LIKELY TO DROP FROM ONE TO TWO 

INCHES AN HOUR ACROSS THESE AREAS WITH MORE STORMS EXTENDING 

WESTWARD INTO EAST IOWA. THUS IT IS POSSIBLE FOR GREATER THAN 5 

INCHES OF RAIN TO BE REPORTED BY MORNING IN SOME AREAS. 



FLOOD WATERS WILL TAKE MANY HOURS TO RECEDE AFTER RAINS END. DO NOT 

ASSUME THAT THE FLOOD THREAT HAS ENDED ONCE THE RAINS HAVE STOPPED. 

THERE IS LIKELY TO BE ANOTHER BOUT OF RAIN ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS 

SOME TIME THIS AFTERNOON.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  WINNEBAGO...

  ROCKFORD...

  BELVIDERE...

  MARENGO...

  CRYSTAL LAKE...

  WOODSTOCK

  LAKE ZURICH...

  MUNDELEIN...



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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT...

AND WATCH FOR FLOODED ROADS.



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

IF YOU ARE NEAR RISING WATER...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



LAT...LON 4249 8940 4221 8939 4221 8920 4216 8918

          4216 8779 4248 8781



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