...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...
THE FLASH 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 SATURDAY EVENING.
* SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THIS EVENING AND AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY EVENING.
THIS COULD RESULT IN WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3
ADDITIONAL INCHES INTO SATURDAY EVENING WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
* A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE WILL ALLOW THESE STORMS TO DROP HEAVY
RAIN OVER SHORT AMOUNTS OF TIME. RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS
SATURATED THE SOIL IN MANY AREAS...INCREASING THE CHANCE OF
RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL RISES
ON AREA RIVERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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