...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /2 PM EDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON 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.
* FROM 1 PM CDT /2 PM EDT/ THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
* AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS APPROACHING 4
INCHES OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWESTERN INDIANA.
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS WHERE REPEATED
TRAINING OF STORMS MAY OCCUR.
* AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY NEAR OR AT FLOOD
STAGE WILL LIKELY RISE TO MODERATE OR MAJOR FLOOD STAGE. HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FLOODING OF LOW LYING URBAN
AREAS. 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 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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