THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
LEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN OGLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 530 AM CDT MONDAY

* AT 522 PM CDT...FLOODING CONTINUED ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA FROM THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. MANY SMALLER
CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE OVERNIGHT.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...ADDISON...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS...AURORA...BARRINGTON...BATAVIA...BERWYN...
BROOKFIELD...BUFFALO GROVE...CAROL STREAM...CARPENTERSVILLE...
CHICAGO...CICERO...DE KALB...DEERFIELD...DES PLAINES...DUPAGE
AIRPORT...EAST DUNDEE...ELGIN...ELMHURST...EVANSTON...FOREST
PARK...FRANKLIN PARK...GENEVA...GLEN ELLYN...GLENCOE...GLENVIEW...
HARWOOD HEIGHTS...HIGHLAND PARK...HOFFMAN ESTATES AND LINCOLN PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.

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.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.