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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

931 PM CDT SUN MAY 23 2004



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR COOK COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 

UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...



AT 931 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

UP TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 800 PM CDT. GIVEN 

THE ALREADY SATURATED STATE OF THE GROUND...THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

TONIGHT MAY CAUSE LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS TO FLOOD.



THE TOWNS OF WORTH...WILLOW SPRINGS...WESTERN SPRINGS...TINLEY PARK

AND THORNTON 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.



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 4183 8760 4147 8753 4158 8790 4168 8793

          4180 8793

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