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WGUS73 KLOT 050309

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ILC031-043-050400-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

908 PM CST TUE NOV 4 2003



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DUPAGE AND COOK COUNTY UNTIL 

1000 PM CST...



AT 900 PM GENERALLY LIGHT TO OCCASIONAL MODERATE RAIN WAS FALLING 

OVER DUPAGE AND COOK COUNTIES.  RADAR ESTIMATES AND OBSERVATIONS 

INDICATE THAT FROM 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES FELL IN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL 

COOK COUNTY AND EASTERN DUPAGE COUNTY FROM AROUND 530 TO 900 PM.



FLOODING SHOULD SLOWLY SUBSIDE.  CLOGGED SEWERS DUE TO LEAVES MAY 

SLOW THE LOWERING OF WATER LEVELS.



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.



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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