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WGUS73 KLOT 181013

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

513 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-

513 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...



AT 501 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOODED 

ROADS...STRANDED CARS...AND SOME FLOODED BUILDINGS ACROSS DUPAGE 

COUNTY. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT NUMEROUS ROADS HAD WATER 

COVERING THEM ACROSS DEKALB COUNTY. TRAFFIC REPORTS ALSO INDICATE 

NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES ACROSS MUCH OF THE CHICAGO METRO AREA DUE TO 

FLOODING. 



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO 

MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITH ACTIVITY LESS WIDESPREAD THAN 

EARLIER THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...HEAVY RAINFALL RATES ARE STILL 

LIKELY UNDER THE STRONGER STORMS WITH ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO CONTINUE 

FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

CHICAGO AND WEST...SOUTHWEST...AND NORTH AND NORTHWEST 

SUBURBS...DEKALB...OTTAWA...JOLIET...ELGIN...AND AURORA .



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...VIADUCTS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...

RURAL ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND

OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT

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

STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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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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