

108 

WGUS53 KLOT 180905

FFWLOT

ILC031-037-043-063-089-093-099-103-197-181700-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

405 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  KENDALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  LA SALLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  NORTHERN GRUNDY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  NORTHWESTERN WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  SOUTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  SOUTHERN DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL NOON CDT



* AT 402 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE

  WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5       

  INCHES PER HOUR ARE OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. THUNDERSTORMS     

  WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL 

  HOURS.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...

  ADDISON...ALSIP...ARLINGTON HEIGHTS...AURORA...BATAVIA...BERWYN...

  BLUE ISLAND...BOLINGBROOK...BROOKFIELD...BURR RIDGE...CAROL

  STREAM...CARPENTERSVILLE...CHATHAM...CHICAGO AND CICERO.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...VIADUCTS...AND UNDERPASSES.

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF

CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO

NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO

ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN

WATER BEGINS RISING.



&&



LAT...LON 4214 8774 4208 8767 4197 8764 4196 8762

      4191 8762 4190 8760 4184 8760 4172 8752

      4110 8908 4111 8917 4158 8917 4158 8920

      4165 8921 4196 8876 4216 8833



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