
956
WGUS73 KLOT 230957
FFSLOT

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
457 AM CDT TUE JUN 23 2015

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KANKAKEE IL-
457 AM CDT TUE JUN 23 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM CDT TUESDAY
FOR KANKAKEE COUNTY...

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT
MANY ROADS ARE FLOODED AND SERIOUS FLOODING IS ONGOING DUE TO THE
WIDESPREAD 2 TO LOCALLY OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RAINFALL HAS ENDED...HOWEVER RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN
WILL CONTINUE TO RESULTING IN FLOODED ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
KANKAKEE...BOURBONNAIS...BRADLEY...MANTENO...MOMENCE...HERSCHER...
GRANT PARK...ST. ANNE...CHEBANSE...AROMA PARK...HOPKINS PARK...
ESSEX...SUN RIVER TERRACE...BONFIELD...BUCKINGHAM...IRWIN AND UNION
HILL.

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...
 I-57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 303 AND 324.

THIS INCLUDES...
KANKAKEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE...KANKAKEE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS AND
SPEEDWAY...KANKAKEE RIVER STATE PARK...AND OLIVET NAZARINE
UNIVERSITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE
USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR.

&&

LAT...LON 4101 8753 4100 8824 4120 8824 4121 8801
      4129 8801 4130 8753

$$

IZZI
