Flood Warning
Issued by NWS Chicago, IL

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FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
645 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ILLINOIS...

  FOX RIVER AT DAYTON AFFECTING LA SALLE COUNTY
  THORN CREEK AT THORNTON AFFECTING COOK COUNTY

.RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL BETWEEN ONE HALF INCH TO THREE INCHES ACROSS THE
REGION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT HAS CAUSED WATER LEVELS ON AREA
RIVERS AND STREAMS TO RISE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE...IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROADWAY...TURN AROUND AND
FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO.

&&

ILC099-132345-
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645 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE FOX RIVER AT DAYTON.
* FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY MORNING.
* AT 545 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.3 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO
  RISE TO NEAR 12.2 FEET BY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW
  FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY FRIDAY.
* IMPACT...AT 12.0 FEET...THE RIVER BEGINS TO OVERFLOW BANKS IN THE
  LOWEST AREAS.

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ILC031-132344-
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645 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE THORN CREEK AT THORNTON.
* UNTIL THIS EVENING.
* AT 530 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.6 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE
  TO NEAR 10.5 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW
  FLOOD STAGE BY THIS AFTERNOON.


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