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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

1135 PM CDT THU MAY 20 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LEE... OGLE...

DE KALB... LA SALLE... KANE... DUPAGE... AND COOK COUNTIES UNTIL 

115 AM CDT...



AT 1135 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THAT THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER... 

RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL OF UP TO 4 INCHES JUST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 

88 IN DEKALB AND KANE COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 AND 3 

INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS NORTHERN COOK COUNTY.



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED...THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL 

CONTINUE TO CAUSE RUNOFF AND PONDING OF WATER AND FLOODING... 

ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS.



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

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.



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

ROUTE. A CAR OR SMALL TRUCK INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS CAN BE SWEPT

OFF A ROAD AND INTO A STREAM BY AS LITTLE AS TWO FEET OF WATER.



CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD GET AWAY FROM CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS AND

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 4213 8864 4214 8779 4175 8760 4174 8866

          4117 8865 4119 8919 4162 8916 4164 8956

          4219 8964

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