THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
EASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
MCHENRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT
* AT 524 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES OF IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN OVER THE AREA AND ONGOING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL.
* 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.
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
COLLEGE OF LAKE COUNTY...GREAT LAKES NAVAL TRAINING CENTER...HARPER
COLLEGE...LAKE COUNTY IL FAIRGROUNDS...LAKE FOREST COLLEGE...MCHENRY
COUNTY COLLEGE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...VIADUCTS...AND UNDERPASSES.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF
CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE 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
