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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

800 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003



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

CDT...



THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED ACROSS WILL COUNTY. SCATTERED SHOWERS 

AND POSSIBLY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING... 

BUT HEAVY RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED.



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. VIADUCT FLOODING WAS 

REPORTED IN CREST HILL ALONG ROUTE 53. THREE FEET OF WATER WAS 

REPORTED ACROSS HALE AVENUE IN ROMEOVILLE. MINOR FLOODING WAS 

REPORTED ACROSS SEVERAL OTHER LOCATIONS IN NORTHERN WILL COUNTY.



FLOOD WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO RECEDE THIS EVENING. 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.



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