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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

1220 AM CST TUE NOV 18 2003



...THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE... LAKE...PORTER...

JASPER...NEWTON AND BENTON COUNTIES...



...THE FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR... WINNEBAGO...MCHENRY...

BOONE...LAKE...OGLE...COOK...KANE...DE KALB...DUPAGE...LEE...WILL...

KENDALL...LA SALLE...GRUNDY...KANKAKEE...LIVINGSTON...IROQUOIS AND

FORD COUNTIES UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY(100 PM EST TUESDAY AFTERNOON)...





WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS ARE

LIKELY. THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN.

THE RAIN SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH MID TO LATE MORNING. BY THE TIME

THE RAIN ENDS TUESDAY MORNING...MOST AREAS WILL RECEIVE 2 TO 3 INCHES

WITH SOME LOCAL AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 4 INCHES.



FLOODING OF SOME LOW LYING AREAS AND DITCHES...AS WELL AS MINOR

FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL LIKELY OCCUR. MORE SERIOUS

FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF

WATER ON ROADS AND POSSIBLY FLOODED ROADS...ESPECIALLY BEFORE

DAYLIGHT AS THE DARKNESS WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO SEE FLOODED ROADS.

IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROAD...TURN AROUND AND FIND AND ALTERNATE

ROUTE.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER

DETAILS OR UPDATES.

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