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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

1247 AM CDT THU AUG 22 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WINNEBAGO...MCHENRY...BOONE

AND LAKE COUNTIES UNTIL 700 AM CDT...



AT 1242 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS WINNEBAGO...BOONE...AND MCHENRY COUNTY 

AND MOVING EAST INTO LAKE COUNTY. TWO TO 3 INCHES ARE INDICATED IN 

THE LAST HOUR ACROSS SOUTHERN WINNEBAGO COUNTY AND 1 TO 2 INCH 

AMOUNTS IN SOUTHERN BOONE AND MCHENRY. 



SOME OF THE HEAVY RAINS ARE DRIFTING SOUTH OF THE COUNTY BORDERS 

INTO OGLE...DE KALB...KANE...AND NORTHERN COOK COUNTIES.  THESE 

COUNTIES MAY EXPERIENCE ENOUGH HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT TO REQUIRE A 

FLOOD WARNING. THESE AREAS ARE BEING MONITORED ALSO. A FLASH FLOOD 

WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR OGLE COUNTY AT THIS TIME.



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

IF IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE

TO THE EFFECTS OF FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED

AREAS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE INTO AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES

TWO FEET OF WATER TO WASH MOST VEHICLES AWAY INCLUDING SUVS AND

PICKUPS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED

QUICKLY.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO JUDGE HOW

MUCH WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.



REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW

ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY

TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS.



LAT...LON 4246 8777 4216 8775 4216 8888 4219 8911

          4224 8936 4248 8940



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