...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN COOK...LAKE...
BOONE...MCHENRY AND NORTHERN KANE COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT
THURSDAY...
AT 951 PM CDT...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CONTINUED ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. WHILE NO ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS ANTICIPATED...FLOODING
WILL BE SLOW TO SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING AFTER
FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF RAINFALL...AND A FEW LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...
WHICH FELL ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOME AREA RIVERS WILL
CONTINUE TO RISE INTO THURSDAY AS RUNOFF FROM SMALLER TRIBUTARIES
CONTINUES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...ALGONQUIN...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS...BARRINGTON...BELVIDERE...BUFFALO GROVE...
CARPENTERSVILLE...CHICAGO...DEERFIELD...DES PLAINES...EAST DUNDEE...
EVANSTON...FOX LAKE...FRANKLIN PARK...GAGES LAKE AND GLENCOE.
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.
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 4194 8792
4199 8793 4199 8808 4215 8859 4216 8873
4231 8894 4249 8894 4250 8813
