Full Notification

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
518 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL LA SALLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
GRUNDY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 515 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING AND TRAINING
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE 2 INCH PER HOUR RATES AT TIMES INTO THE
EARLY EVENING HOURS. ISOLATED AREAS WITHIN THE WARNING COULD END
UP WITH 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL THROUGH THIS EVENING. FLASH FLOODING
IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
OTTAWA...STREATOR...MORRIS...CHANNAHON...PONTIAC...MINOOKA...
MARSEILLES...DWIGHT...SENECA...COAL CITY...DIAMOND...GARDNER...
GRIDLEY...FLANAGAN...ODELL...MAZON...BRACEVILLE...TONICA...
GRAND RIDGE AND NAPLATE.

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-39 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41 AND 47.
I-55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 188 AND 232.
I-80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 86 AND 119.

THIS INCLUDES... BUFFALO ROCK STATE PARK...GEBHARD WOODS STATE
PARK... GRUNDY COUNTY SPEEDWAY AND FAIRGROUNDS...ILLINI STATE
PARK...STARVED ROCK STATE PARK...AND WILLIAM G STRATTON STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

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Instructions:

TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN - NEVER ENTER FLOOD WATERS