...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH 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 WEDNESDAY 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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