Flash Flood Warning -- Portions of Lee, DeKalb Counties

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED


FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

746 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

NORTHWESTERN LA SALLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

SOUTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

SOUTHWESTERN DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 130 AM CDT



* AT 743 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE

WARNED AREA. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR WAS OCCURRING WITH

THESE STORMS.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

SALLE...MENDOTA...OGLESBY...PERU...WALTON...AMBOY...EARLVILLE...PAW

PAW AND UTICA.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...STREETS AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE

AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN VEHICLES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...

OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A

SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.