...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...AND THIS COULD
RESULT IN WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 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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