...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST
INDIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ILLINOIS...
BOONE...COOK...DE KALB...DUPAGE...KANE...KENDALL...LAKE IL...
MCHENRY...OGLE...WILL AND WINNEBAGO. IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...
LAKE IN AND PORTER.
* FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.
* THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY NORTH OF
A LINE FROM DIXON TO GARY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THERE
IS THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY HIGH RAINFALL RATES IN SOME OF THE
STRONGER STORMS. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL OVER HIGHLY URBANIZED
AREAS OF ROCKFORD AND CHICAGO.
* RAPID FLOODING OF CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS...ROADS...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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