...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN COOK...LAKE...
EASTERN BOONE AND MCHENRY COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 AM CDT...
AT 748 AM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ALGONQUIN...ARLINGTON HEIGHTS...BARRINGTON...BUFFALO GROVE...
DEERFIELD...DES PLAINES...EVANSTON...FOX LAKE...GAGES LAKE...
GLENCOE...GLENVIEW...GRAYSLAKE...GURNEE...HARVARD AND HIGHLAND PARK.
TRAINED SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN
ALGONQUIN...5.3 INCHES IN MCHENRY...3.7 INCHES IN ARLINGTON HEIGHTS.
NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES HAVE BEEN REPORTED...INCLUDING...THE EDENS
EXPRESSWAY FROM PRATT TO MONTROSE...U.S. ROUTE 22 AT KELSER
AVE...WHEELING ROAD BETWEEN HINTZ ROAD AND DUNDEE ROAD...WOLF ROAD
AT GOLF ROAD...AND DEMPSTER ROAD BETWEEN WAUKEGAN ROAD AND HARLEM
ROAD.
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
COLLEGE OF LAKE COUNTY...GREAT LAKES NAVAL TRAINING CENTER...HARPER
COLLEGE...LAKE COUNTY IL FAIRGROUNDS...LAKE FOREST COLLEGE...LOYOLA
UNIVERSITY...MCHENRY COUNTY COLLEGE...MCHENRY COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...VIADUCTS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...
RURAL ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
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LAT...LON 4238 8783 4223 8781 4210 8771 4195 8763
4204 8824 4215 8824 4215 8874 4250 8883
