Flood Statement
Issued by NWS Chicago, IL

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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1238 PM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

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DUPAGE IL-COOK IL-
1238 PM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
  NORTHEASTERN DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 1235 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. DOPPLER
  RADAR AND AREA OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT NEARLY AN INCH OF RAIN
  HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN DUPAGE AND NORTHERN COOK
  COUNTIES WITHIN THE LAST HOUR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
  CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 2 PM...WITH UP TO AN ADDITIONAL
  HALF INCH OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SHOWERS AND
  THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OUT OF THE AREA.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO
  OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER
  CROSSINGS. LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING
  WILL MAINLY BE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN COOK AND EASTERN DUPAGE
  COUNTY.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS... VIADUCTS...UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS.

&&

LAT...LON 4211 8772 4208 8767 4206 8766 4202 8766
      4182 8797 4206 8803 4215 8775

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