...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /8 PM EDT/
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.
* UNTIL 7 PM CDT...8 PM EDT...THIS EVENING.
* THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY OVER THE AREA...AND NEW STORMS THAT MAY
DEVELOP LATER TODAY...WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY
RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN ISOLATED
AREAS. THIS...ON TOP OF ALREADY SATURATED GROUND FROM RECENT
STORMS COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING OR WORSEN THE ONGOING
FLOODING. THE THREAT FOR VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL DIMINISH
FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
* RAPID FLOODING OF CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS...ROADS...VIADUCTS...
AND LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE 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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