...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN COOK...LAKE...
NORTHEASTERN DUPAGE...EASTERN BOONE...MCHENRY AND NORTHERN KANE
COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CDT...
AT 143 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
OVER 9 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN IN SOUTHWESTERN LAKE
COUNTY...NEAR NORTH BARRINGTON. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ALSO
INDICATED A SWATH OF RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES FROM WOODSTOCK
TO WHEELING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED FLOODING INCLUDE...ALGONQUIN...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS...BARRINGTON...BUFFALO GROVE...CARPENTERSVILLE...
CHICAGO...DEERFIELD...DES PLAINES...EAST DUNDEE...ELGIN...EVANSTON...
FOX LAKE...FRANKLIN PARK...MCHENRY AND WOODSTOCK.
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
CHAIN O LAKES STATE PARK...COLLEGE OF LAKE COUNTY...HARPER COLLEGE...
LAKE COUNTY IL FAIRGROUNDS...LAKE FOREST COLLEGE...LINCOLN PARK
ZOO...LOYOLA UNIVERSITY...MCHENRY COUNTY COLLEGE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS HAS CAUSED FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...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
