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ILC031-043-050400-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

800 PM CST TUE NOV 4 2003



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DUPAGE AND COOK COUNTY UNTIL 

1100 PM CST...



AT 756 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

HEAVY RAINS TAPERING OFF IN DUPAGE AND COOK COUNTY.  BETWEEN 1.5 AND 

2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN AROUND 530 AND 745 PM. RAIN  WILL 

CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS AT GENERALLY LIGHT TO MODERATE 

RATES BUT ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COULD OCCUR. AT 740 PM STREETS WERE 

REPORTED NEAR IMPASSABLE AT TOUHY AND CALIFORNIA IN CHICAGO.  ADD



THE TOWNS OF YORK CENTER...WOOD DALE...WILLOW SPRINGS...WESTMONT AND

WESTERN SPRINGS AND OAK PARK AND CHICAGO ARE IN THE AREA OF THIS 

FLOODING.



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. BUILDUP OF LEAVES WILL AGGRAVATE 

THE FLOOD POTENTIAL. NEVER WALK OR DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS AND 

ABANDON VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATERS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO JUDGE HOW

MUCH WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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 4214 8735 4179 8756 4168 8804 4199 8807

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