Saturday, May 26, 2012

Flood Statement 09:41:37.3454803

...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
CENTRAL BOONE AND NORTHERN MCHENRY COUNTIES UNTIL NOON CDT...

AT 925 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
ADVISORY AREA EARLIER THIS MORNING HAVE PUSHED EAST OF THE
AREA...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE REDEVELOPED
ACROSS THE AREA. HOURLY RAINFALL RATES FROM THE CURRENT
THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN AROUND 1 INCH. RUNOFF FROM
EARLIER RAINFALL MAY CONTINUE...AND MAY BECOME ENHANCED WITH THE
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THAT IS OCCURRING AT THIS TIME. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL STEADILY PUSH EAST ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND
EVENTUALLY COME TO AN END BY 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...

BELVIDERE... HARVARD... WONDER LAKE...
WOODSTOCK... BULL VALLEY... CAPRON...
HEBRON... MCCULLOM LAKE... POPLAR GROVE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

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LAT...LON 4227 8830 4223 8894 4246 8894 4248 8828