...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN COOK...LAKE...
EASTERN BOONE AND MCHENRY COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 AM CDT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES
AND SPOTTERS REPORT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN A SWATH FROM
HARVARD TO WOODSTOCK TO CRYSTAL LAKE TO BARRINGTON TO GLENVIEW.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING TO OCCUR.
ADDITIONAL SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING AND WILL CONTINUE
TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED IN THE NORTH SUBURBS
DUE TO FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...FLOODING OF ROADS...URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
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LAT...LON 4238 8783 4223 8781 4210 8771 4195 8763
4204 8824 4215 8824 4215 8874 4250 8883
