...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN COOK...LAKE...
NORTHEASTERN DUPAGE...EASTERN BOONE...MCHENRY AND NORTHERN KANE
COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CDT...
AT 1208 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF MODERATE RAINFALL OVER MCHENRY COUNTY WHILE RAINFALL HAS
ENDED OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE WARNING AREA.
WHILE RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ONLY OVER MCHENRY COUNTY...RUNOFF FROM
PREVIOUS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO CONTINUE.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...ALGONQUIN...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS...BARRINGTON...BUFFALO GROVE...CARPENTERSVILLE...
CHICAGO...DEERFIELD...DES PLAINES...EAST DUNDEE...ELGIN...
EVANSTON...FOX LAKE...FRANKLIN PARK...GAGES LAKE AND GLENCOE.
TRAINED SPOTTERS AND OBSERVERS HAVE REPORTED WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS OF 3
TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS MCHENRY...SOUTHERN LAKE AND NORTHERN
COOK COUNTIES...WITH UP TO 6 INCHES NEAR ALGONQUIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES... AS WELL AS
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR
IN A VEHICLE.
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LAT...LON 4226 8782 4196 8762 4185 8761 4212 8859
4215 8859 4216 8873 4249 8882 4250 8813
