...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /7 PM EST/ THIS
EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS AND INDIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...IN ILLINOIS...COOK...DUPAGE...FORD...GRUNDY...
IROQUOIS...KANE...KANKAKEE...KENDALL...LAKE IL...LIVINGSTON...
MCHENRY AND WILL. IN INDIANA...BENTON...JASPER...LAKE IN...
NEWTON AND PORTER COUNTIES.
* FROM 6 PM CST /7 PM EST/ THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.
* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN SPREAD ACROSS NORTHERN
ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA LATER THIS AFTERNOON WITH RAIN
PERSISTING THROUGH THE NIGHT. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES
ARE FAVORED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY. MUCH OF THE AREA
CONTINUES TO HAVE FROZEN GROUND...WITH ONLY THE TOP FEW INCHES
OF SOIL HAVING THAWED...WHICH COULD LEAD TO A MAJORITY OF THE
RAINFALL BECOMING RUNOFF AND RESULTING IN A RAPID RISE TO AREA
STREAMS AND RIVERS.
* FLOODING OF LOW LYING...FLOOD PRONE AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS
EXPECTED WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT RISES AND FLOODING
ON AND NEAR AREA RIVERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
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