...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS EXPANDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS AND
INDIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ILLINOIS...
BOONE...COOK...DE KALB...DUPAGE...FORD...GRUNDY...IROQUOIS...
KANE...KANKAKEE...KENDALL...LAKE IL...LEE...MCHENRY...OGLE...
WILL AND WINNEBAGO. IN INDIANA...BENTON...JASPER...LAKE IN...
NEWTON AND PORTER.
* THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
* SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLY RESULTING IN
WIDESPREAD 2 TO 3 ADDITIONAL INCHES OF RAINFALL INTO SATURDAY
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
* SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE
AREA THROUGH SATURDAY WITH THE MOST LIKELY PERIOD BEING
TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE WILL
ALLOW THESE STORMS TO DROP HEAVY RAIN OVER SHORT AMOUNTS OF
TIME IN SOME INSTANCES. WITH RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL SATURATING
THE SOIL IN MANY AREAS RUNOFF WILL QUICKLY OCCUR INCREASING
THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING AND CAUSING 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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