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ILC031-097-111-181030-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

327 AM CDT TUE MAY 18 2004



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MCHENRY AND LAKE COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS 

CONTINUES UNTIL 530 AM CDT. FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN COOK 

COUNTY CONTINUES UNTIL 515 AM CDT.



THE TOWNS OF WOODSTOCK...WONDER LAKE...WILMETTE...WHEELING AND

WAUKEGAN ARE IN THE AREA OF THIS FLOODING.



AT 334 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS 

HAD WEAKENED AND MOVED EAST OVER LAKE MICHIGAN. A FEW ISOLATED 

LIGHTER SHOWERS REMAINED OVER NORTHERN KANE AND SOUTHERN MCHENRY 

COUNTIES...THOUGH THESE SHOWERS WERE LIGHT AND SHOULD NOT POSE A NEW 

FLOODING THREAT. 



HOWEVER...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM EARLIER STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO 

CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...STREETS AND 

UNDERPASSES...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 

FLOODING WILL GRADUALLY ABATE THROUGH 530 AM.



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 4252 8788 4203 8772 4203 8821 4218 8821

          4219 8870 4253 8872

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