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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

627 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WILL COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM

CDT...



AT 627 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THAT THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED ACROSS WILL COUNTY...BUT SCATTERED 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING 

HOURS.



1.60 INCHES OF RAIN WAS RECORDED IN 30 MINUTES AT THE NATIONAL 

WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN ROMEOVILLE. VIADUCT FLOODING WAS REPORTED 

NEAR CENTER STREET AND INTERSTATE 80 IN JOLIET.



AREAS ACROSS WILL COUNTY WHERE FLOODING IS POSSIBLE INCLUDE 

SHOREWOOD...ROMEOVILLE...ROCKDALE...PLAINFIELD...JOLIET...NAPERVILLE 

AND NEW LENOX.



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.



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 4169 8824 4145 8823 4147 8782 4161 8796

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