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ILC063-020215-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

715 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GRUNDY COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM

CDT...



AT 715 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAD MOVED WELL OFF TO THE EAST OF GRUNDY 

COUNTY...HOWEVER RUNOFF FROM STORMS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AND 

EVENING WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS. RADAR ESTIMATION INDICATES 

THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN 

GRUNDY COUNTY...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS HAVING FALLEN OVER THE 

NETTLE CREEK WATERSHED.



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 FLOODING NEAR STREAMS...CREEKS AND

NEARBY FARMLAND. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON COUNTY ROADS AND IN LOW

LYING AREAS. NEVER CROSS AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADS.



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.



LAT...LON 4139 8831 4127 8830 4122 8851 4136 8855

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