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ILC031-037-043-089-141-221300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

220 AM CDT THU AUG 22 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  OGLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS

  DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS

  KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT



* AT 215 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED 3 TO 4 INCHES 

ACROSS NORTHEAST OGLE AND NORTHERN DE KALB AND NORTHERN KANE 

COUNTIES. 

THE HEAVY RAINS THAT MOVED THROUGH THESE COUNTIES ARE SPREADING EAST 

ACROSS NORTHERN COOK AND DUPAGE COUNTIES WHERE SIMILAR AMOUNTS ARE 

EXPECTED BY 400 AM THIS MORNING. 



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...

  BYRON...

  DAVIS JUNCTION

  KINGSTON...

  HAMPSHIRE...

  GILBERTS...

  CARPENTERSVILLE...

  ELGIN...

  ADDISON...

  ARLINGTON HEIGHTS...

  DES PLAINES...

  BARRINGTON...

  BARTLETT...

  BENSENVILLE...

  BELLWOOD...

  



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 4214 8776 4183 8760 4212 8935 4220 8937

          4220 8920 4214 8919



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