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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

127 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR COOK AND WILL COUNTIES UNTIL 

345 PM...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LAKE AND PORTER 

COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...



AT 127 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 3 

TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN IN 2 HOURS ACROSS SOUTHERN COOK AND NORTHERN 

WILL COUNTIES...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN OVER MUCH OF FAR NORTHERN 

PORTER AND FAR NORTHERN LAKE COUNTIES OF INDIANA. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 

2 INCHES MAY FALL ACROSS THESE AREAS BETWEEN 130 PM AND 230 PM. 

EXTENSIVE FLOODING OF DITCHES...SMALL CREEKS...LOW LYING AREAS AND 

ROADS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. 



AREAS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE THE WORST FLOODING INCLUDE THE

PLAINFIELD...ROMEOVILLE...LOCKPORT...LEMONT...PALOS PARK...ORLAND 

PARK...DIXMORE CALUMET CITY...HAMMOND...AND EAST CHICAGO AREAS. 



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.



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ON FLOOD PRONE

HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. NEVER WALK OR DRIVE INTO FLOODED

AREAS AND ABANDON VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATERS.



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.



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 4172 8695 4153 8695 4148 8826 4172 8827

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