Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Flash Flood Warning 10:38:30.3792690

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...
NORTHEASTERN DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 1030 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN A SWATH ACROSS
MCHENRY...SOUTHERN LAKE AND NORTHERN COOK COUNTIES EARLY THIS
MORNING. RADAR INDICATES ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO
MCHENRY COUNTY LATE THIS MORNING. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
PER HOUR WERE INDICATED.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. 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.

MANY ROADS WERE FLOODED AS WELL AS CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS AND
DRAINAGE AREAS.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN VEHICLES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...
OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 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