THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
BOONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
MCHENRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT THURSDAY
* AT 430 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES CONTINUED TO REPORT
SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. WHILE NO ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAINFALL IS ANTICIPATED...FLOODING WILL BE SLOW TO SUBSIDE
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA DUE TO FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN...WITH A
FEW LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...WHICH FELL ACROSS THE AREA EARLY
WEDNESDAY. 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 HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO 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.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING. 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 4194 8792
4199 8793 4199 8808 4215 8859 4216 8873
4231 8894 4249 8894 4250 8813
