WGUS73 KLOT 130329
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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1029 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014
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KANE IL-MCHENRY IL-DUPAGE IL-LAKE IL-COOK IL-
1029 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 1022 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN
PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR WAUKEGAN...TO DEKALB...TO NEAR
PONTIAC. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST INTO THE WARNED
AREA...WHICH HAD ALREADY RECEIVED BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN
SINCE THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY THROUGH
AT LEAST MIDNIGHT.
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.
PORTIONS OF ELGIN...DES PLAINES...GLENVIEW AND OTHER NEARBY NORTH
AND NORTHWEST SUBURBS OF CHICAGO HAVE REPORTED FLOODING FROM THESE
HEAVY RAINS...WITH RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATING THE GREATEST
AMOUNTS OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY AND PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST COOK COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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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