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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Chicago IL
803 PM CDT Sun May 7 2023

The National Weather Service in Chicago has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southern De Kalb County in north central Illinois...
  La Salle County in north central Illinois...
  Lee County in north central Illinois...

* Until 1230 AM CDT.

* At 803 PM CDT, doppler radar and automated rain gauges continued 
  to indicate slow-moving, heavy thunderstorms which have produced 
  up to 2 inches of rain across a narrow corridor from near Walnut 
  to near Mendota to near Norway. These thunderstorms are expected 
  to continue producing rain rates of 1 to 3 inches per hour.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding.

  SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

  IMPACT...Rapid-onset flooding of creeks, streams, drainage
           ditches, streets, underpasses, low-lying areas, and
           other poor drainage areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Ottawa, Peru, La Salle, Sandwich, Mendota, Marseilles, Amboy, 
  Sheridan, Shabbona, Lake Holiday, Oglesby, Seneca, Somonauk, 
  Earlville, Waterman, North Utica, Serena, Leland, Paw Paw and 
  Grand Ridge.

LaSalle County Emergency Management has reported that street 
flooding has recently begun in Mendota. As heavy rainfall continues, 
street flooding will occur in additional areas and potentially 
increase in severity.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the 
dangers of flooding.

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LAT...LON 4181 8963 4180 8894 4172 8860 4118 8859
      4128 8916 4159 8916 4158 8963

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

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