Flash Flood Warning for COOK and WILL counties

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTEDFLASH FLOOD WARNINGNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL1144 AM CST SUN NOV 17 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...  DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...  EASTERN KENDALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...  NORTHERN WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...  SOUTHEASTERN KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...  SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 330 PM CST
* AT 1139 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN     CHICAGO METRO AREA AND MORE SET TO MOVE INTO THE REMAINDER OF THE    METRO THROUGH EARLY TO AFTERNOON. WHILE THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL     THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE WEATHER...THE HEAVY RAINFALL RATES OF    ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR OVER URBAN AREAS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE      FLASH FLOODING IN SOME LOCATIONS.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  ADDISON...ALSIP...ARLINGTON HEIGHTS...AURORA...BARRINGTON...  BATAVIA...BEACH PARK...BERWYN...BLUE ISLAND...BOLINGBROOK...  BROOKFIELD...BUFFALO GROVE...BURNHAM...BURR RIDGE AND CALUMET CITY.

OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED...ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY...AURORA UNIVERSITY...BENEDICTINEUNIVERSITY...BROOKFIELD ZOO...CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY ROUTE 66RACEWAY...COLLEGE OF DUPAGE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALLCREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSESAS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THEROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSSSAFELY.
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LAT...LON 4249 8781 4227 8782 4214 8774 4208 8767      4190 8760 4184 8760 4173 8752 4139 8753      4145 8825 4146 8827 4172 8844 4217 8820
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