...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BOONE...WINNEBAGO AND
NORTHWESTERN MCHENRY COUNTIES UNTIL 830 AM CDT...
AT 353 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN
FELL ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALVES OF WINNEBAGO AND BOONE COUNTIES...AS
WELL AS ISOLATED SPOTS IN NORTHWESTERN MCHENRY COUNTY. WHILE THE
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL HAS ENDED...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF THE
WARNED AREAS.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BELVIDERE...HARVARD...LOVES PARK...MACHESNEY PARK...ROCKFORD...
ROCKTON...SOUTH BELOIT...CAPRON...CHERRY VALLEY...DURAND...
PECATONICA...POPLAR GROVE...ROSCOE AND WINNEBAGO.
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.
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LAT...LON 4249 8842 4234 8852 4222 8883 4220 8940
4250 8940
