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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

117 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FAR SOUTHERN DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  FAR NORTHEAST LA SALLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  KENDALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 415 PM CDT



* AT 117 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN 1 AND 1/2 HOURS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS NOT 

EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON BUT EXTENSIVE FLOODING DITCHES...SMALL 

CREEKS...LOW LYING AREAS AND SOME ROADS ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNED 

AREAS FROM THE PREVIOUS TORRENTIAL RAIN. 



* THE TOWNS OF YORKVILLE...SANDWICH...PLANO AND OSWEGO ARE IN THE

AREA OF THE FLOODING.



IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROAD...TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE

ROUTE. A CAR OR SMALL TRUCK INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS CAN BE SWEPT

OFF A ROAD AND INTO A STREAM BY AS LITTLE AS TWO FEET OF WATER.



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

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



LAT...LON 4173 8827 4147 8827 4153 8894 4170 8894

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