...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS AND INDIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...IN ILLINOIS...BOONE...COOK...DE KALB...DUPAGE...FORD...
GRUNDY...IROQUOIS...KANE...KANKAKEE...KENDALL...LA SALLE...
LAKE IL...LEE...LIVINGSTON...MCHENRY...OGLE...WILL AND
WINNEBAGO. IN INDIANA...BENTON...JASPER...LAKE IN...NEWTON AND
PORTER.
* THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
* AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS APPROACHING FOUR
INCHES OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWESTERN INDIANA. LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS WHERE REPEATED TRAINING OF
STORMS OCCUR.
* FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS WITHIN
THE FLOOD WATCH AREA. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY LEAD TO
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS WILL RISE
TO MODERATE OR MAJOR FLOOD STAGE. ALSO...RAINFALL RATES AND
AMOUNTS MAY EXCEED THE CAPACITY OF STORM DRAINS...DRAINAGE PONDS
AND DRAINAGE DITCHES ALONG ROADWAYS...LEADING TO FLOODING IN
SUBURBAN AREAS AS WELL AS URBAN AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT CONDITIONS AND FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE AWARE OF FLOOD WARNINGS.
THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE
ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
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