Saturday, July 18, 2015

Areal Flood Advisory for Mchenry Co., IL until 06:00 PM CDT 07/18

WGUS83 KLOT 182006
FLSLOT

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
306 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2015


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MCHENRY IL-COOK IL-KANE IL-LAKE IL-DUPAGE IL-
306 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
MCHENRY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
NORTHEASTERN KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 301 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST ILLINOIS. RAINFALL
RATES WERE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN THE STRONGER STORMS.

THIS WILL CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY
AREA.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHICAGO...ELGIN...WAUKEGAN...ARLINGTON HEIGHTS...EVANSTON...
SCHAUMBURG...PALATINE...SKOKIE...DES PLAINES...MOUNT PROSPECT...
HOFFMAN ESTATES...OAK PARK...GLENVIEW...ELMHURST...LOMBARD...
BUFFALO GROVE...CAROL STREAM...CARPENTERSVILLE...WHEELING AND PARK
RIDGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN
URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL
ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES.

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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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LAT...LON 4248 8780 4227 8783 4213 8774 4206 8767
4191 8762 4190 8818 4217 8861 4241 8871
4249 8871

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