WGUS63 KLOT 181856
FFALOT
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
156 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2015
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WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-
LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-
LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO...
OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC...
WATSEKA...PAXTON...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER...
FOWLER
156 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2015
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND
NORTHWEST INDIANA.
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT.
* THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO AFFECT MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS EXTREMELY
MOIST AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL RATES...POTENTIALLY IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR.
MANY AREAS REMAIN SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...SO ANY
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COULD RESULT IN RAPID RUNOFF AND THE
POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS...AND LOW LYING
AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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