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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

755 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013



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KANE IL-KENDALL IL-LA SALLE IL-WILL IL-GRUNDY IL-DE KALB IL-DUPAGE 

IL-

LEE IL-COOK IL-

755 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COOK...SOUTHEASTERN

LEE...DUPAGE...SOUTHERN DE KALB...NORTHERN GRUNDY...NORTHWESTERN

WILL...LA SALLE...KENDALL AND KANE COUNTIES UNTIL NOON CDT...



...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY CONTINUES FOR COOK AND DUPAGE COUNTIES...



AT 747 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING 

ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS MOVING 

ACROSS THE CHICAGO METRO AREA. NEARLY AN INCH OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES 

HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS LINE...WHICH IS FALLING ON THE THREE TO 

LOCALLY SIX INCHES OF RAIN THAT ALREADY HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST 24 

HOURS. 



MEDIA AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS INDICATE THAT A VERY SERIOUS 

AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION IS UNDERWAY. FLOODING HAS 

BEEN REPORTED IN MANY BASEMENTS AND HOMES...COUNTLESS ROADWAYS ARE 

REPORTED UNDER WATER AND IMPASSIBLE. PORTIONS OF THE 

EISENHOWER...EDENS...AND KENNEDY EXPRESSWAYS HAVE BEEN FLOODED AND 

CLOSED. SOME COMMUNITIES HAVE DECLARED STATES OF EMERGENCY. 



THIS IS A DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING FLOODING EVENT. 

IF YOU DO NOT NEED TO TRAVEL THIS MORNING...STAY HOME. PLEASE DO NOT 

EVEN CONSIDER DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD...YOU 

MAY NOT KNOW HOW DEEP THE WATER IS AND THE ROAD MAY HAVE BEEN WASHED 

OUT. DO NOT RISK YOUR LIFE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN!



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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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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