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WGUS73 KLOT 281011

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ILC031-043-063-093-197-281045-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

459 AM CDT SAT AUG 28 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR...WILL...SOUTHERN 

COOK...KENDALL...AND GRUNDY COUNTIES UNTIL 545 AM CDT...



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED ACROSS THE AREA...NATIONAL 

WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 

4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL 

WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS EARLY THIS MORNING.



REPORTS OF STANDING WATER OF 6 INCH DEPTH OR GREATER HAVE BEEN 

RECEIVED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE ROMEOVILLE AND MORRIS AREAS WITH THE 

EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS.



MOST DEATHS IN FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE INTO AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES

TWO FEET OF WATER TO WASH MOST VEHICLES AWAY INCLUDING SUVS AND

PICKUPS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED

QUICKLY.



REPORT 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 4174 8761 4132 8758 4127 8822 4114 8829

      4117 8861 4126 8858 4170 8859

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