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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1248 AM CDT TUE JUN 23 2015

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KANKAKEE IL-
1248 AM CDT TUE JUN 23 2015

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR KANKAKEE COUNTY...

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

AT 1244 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA. NUMEROUS ROADS ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY ARE
IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT MANY
AREAS RECEIVED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN WITH ISOLATED 5 INCH AMOUNTS
NEAR ESSEX. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
230 AM CDT...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH...LOCALLY 2 INCHES POSSIBLE.

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR KANKAKEE COUNTY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND NOW!

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...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

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

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