...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BOONE...WINNEBAGO AND
NORTHWESTERN MCHENRY COUNTIES UNTIL 830 AM CDT...
AT 729 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES FELL
ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN WINNEBAGO...BOONE...AND MCHENRY COUNTIES
OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POISED TO DROP AN ADDITIONAL
INCH OR SO IN THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS.
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.
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
