WGUS83 KLOT 301100
FLSLOT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
600 AM CDT TUE AUG 30 2016
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DE KALB IL-BOONE IL-MCHENRY IL-
600 AM CDT TUE AUG 30 2016
...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN DE
KALB...SOUTHERN BOONE AND SOUTHWESTERN MCHENRY COUNTIES...
AT 558 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO FOUR INCHES
FELL ACROSS THE AREA YESTERDAY...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT AND MORE EXPECTED TODAY. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS
WILL PERSIST INTO THIS MORNING COMMUTE AS HIGH WATER SLOWLY RECEDES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BELVIDERE AND MARENGO.
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. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
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LAT...LON 4223 8858 4212 8859 4213 8894 4224 8894
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