...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS AND INDIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...IN ILLINOIS...BOONE...COOK...DE KALB...DUPAGE...FORD...
GRUNDY...IROQUOIS...KANE...KANKAKEE...KENDALL...LA SALLE...
LAKE IL...LEE...LIVINGSTON...MCHENRY...OGLE...WILL AND
WINNEBAGO. IN INDIANA...BENTON...JASPER...LAKE IN...NEWTON AND
PORTER.
* OVERNIGHT THROUGH THIS EVENING.
* THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF IOWA AND NORTHERN
ILLINOIS OVERNIGHT...AND WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE DURING THE
PRE DAWN HOURS AS THEY SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE AREA. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL RATES
OF 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR AND POTENTIAL TRAINING OVER THE SAME
AREA. THIS...ON TOP OF ALREADY SATURATED GROUND FROM RECENT
STORMS COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.
* RAPID FLOODING OF CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS...ROADS...VIADUCTS...
AND LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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