Thursday, June 27, 2013

Flood Statement 19:01:13.6778827

...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
NORTHERN COOK...SOUTHERN LAKE...NORTHEASTERN DUPAGE...SOUTHERN
MCHENRY AND NORTHEASTERN KANE COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT...

AT 658 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD MOVED SOUTHEAST INTO LAKE
COUNTY INDIANA...AND OUT OF THE ADVISORY AREA. HOWEVER...THESE
STORMS PRODUCED A CORRIDOR OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN EARLIER FROM
NEAR MARENGO...TO THE BARRINGTON HILLS AND INVERNESS AREAS...TO THE
FRANKLIN PARK AND NEAR WEST SIDE OF CHICAGO AREAS WITHIN THE LAST
TWO HOURS. MINOR FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER IN LOW SPOTS WILL
CONTINUE EARLY THIS EVENING.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ALGONQUIN...ARLINGTON HEIGHTS...BARRINGTON...BUFFALO GROVE...
CARPENTERSVILLE...CHICAGO...DEERFIELD...DES PLAINES...EAST DUNDEE...
EVANSTON...FRANKLIN PARK...GLENCOE...GLENVIEW...HARWOOD HEIGHTS AND
HIGHLAND PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS... UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS.

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LAT...LON 4217 8776 4211 8772 4206 8766 4203 8766
4191 8762 4190 8760 4188 8761 4184 8760
4180 8757 4196 8800 4223 8870 4241 8870