...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN LAKE...COOK...LAKE...
LEE...DUPAGE...DE KALB...BOONE...NORTHERN GRUNDY...WINNEBAGO...
WILL...OGLE...MCHENRY...LA SALLE...KENDALL AND KANE COUNTIES UNTIL
NOON CDT...
AT 130 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH PERSISTENT RAINFALL...HEAVY AT TIMES...CONTINUING
ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA. RAINFALL WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH MID TO LATE MORNING...WITH ADDITIONAL TOTALS BY 10
AM OF ONE AND A QUARTER TO TWO INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE AND A HALF TO THREE AND A HALF INCHES WERE
ALREADY OBSERVED OR ESTIMATED ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO
OCCUR...SOME OF THIS MAY BE QUICK...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS UNDER
LOCALLY HEAVIER RAINFALL. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE
FLOODING INCLUDE...MUCH OF THE CHICAGO METRO AREA AND ITS
SUBURBS...BELVIDERE...DEKALB...DIXON...GARY...MORRIS...
ROCKFORD...OREGON...OTTAWA...AND NEARBY AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS... UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4250 8780 4227 8782 4206 8766 4184 8760
4170 8751 4168 8741 4165 8742 4162 8722
4148 8723 4110 8916 4158 8917 4159 8964
4192 8963 4193 8969 4220 8970 4221 8940
4250 8940
