WGUS83 KLOT 130338
FLSLOT
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1038 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2014
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MCHENRY IL-OGLE IL-WINNEBAGO IL-BOONE IL-DE KALB IL-LEE IL-
1038 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED AN
* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
BOONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
EASTERN OGLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
LEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
WESTERN MCHENRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 230 AM CDT
* AT 1037 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. DOPPLER
RADAR ESTIMATED ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR WERE
FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE RAINFALL WILL
BE SLOW TO DEPART THE AREA THROUGH EARLY OVERNIGHT...THUS
POTENTIALLY CAUSING MINOR FLOODING ISSUES.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO
OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER
CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING
INCLUDE...BELVIDERE...DE KALB...GENOA...HARVARD...LOVES PARK...
MACHESNEY PARK...MOUNT MORRIS...OREGON...ROCHELLE...ROCKFORD...
ROCKTON...SANDWICH...SHABBONA AND SOUTH BELOIT.
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
BOONE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS...CASTLE ROCK STATE PARK...LEE COUNTY
FAIRGROUNDS...LOWDEN STATE PARK...NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY...OGLE
COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS...
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... VIADUCTS...UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR
IN A VEHICLE.
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LAT...LON 4250 8861 4207 8859 4163 8860 4163 8917
4159 8917 4159 8945 4205 8944 4250 8918
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