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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1133 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014
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KANE IL-MCHENRY IL-DUPAGE IL-LAKE IL-COOK IL-
1133 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN COOK...
SOUTHERN LAKE...NORTHERN DUPAGE...SOUTHEASTERN MCHENRY AND
NORTHEASTERN KANE COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM CDT...
AT 1123 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...FROM NEAR WAUKEGAN SOUTHWEST TO
OHARE AIRPORT AND WHEATON.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO MORE THAN 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS
PORTIONS EASTERN MCHENRY...LAKE AND NORTHERN COOK COUNTIES SINCE
THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER
HOUR WILL LIKELY DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT...THOUGH ADDITIONAL LIGHTER
RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1 AM CDT.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ADDISON...ALGONQUIN...ARLINGTON HEIGHTS...BARRINGTON...BUFFALO
GROVE...CAROL STREAM...CARPENTERSVILLE...DEERFIELD...DES PLAINES...
DUPAGE AIRPORT...EAST DUNDEE...ELGIN...ELMHURST...FRANKLIN PARK AND
GLENCOE.
LAKE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT FLASH FLOODING
WAS OCCURRING ALONG U.S. ROUTE 41 IN LAKE BLUFF...NORTH OF ROUTE
176. THERE WAS AN ESTIMATED 10 FEET OF WATER BENEATH THE C.N.
RAILROAD OVERPASS...CLOSING ROUTE 41.
OTHER LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...ADDISON...
ALGONQUIN...ARLINGTON HEIGHTS...BARRINGTON...BUFFALO GROVE...CAROL
STREAM...CARPENTERSVILLE...DEERFIELD...DES PLAINES...DUPAGE
AIRPORT...EAST DUNDEE...ELGIN...ELMHURST...FRANKLIN PARK AND GLENCOE.
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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
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LAT...LON 4238 8781 4236 8781 4235 8782 4231 8781
4230 8782 4223 8781 4214 8774 4207 8767
4187 8796 4194 8849 4221 8831 4231 8817
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