Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Flash Flood Warning for McHenry Co., IL until 10:45 AM CDT 7/12

WGUS73 KLOT 121224
FFSLOT

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville Il
724 AM CDT WED JUL 12 2017


/O.CON.KLOT.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170712T1545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Lake IL-Kane IL-McHenry IL-DuPage IL-Cook IL-
724 AM CDT WED JUL 12 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN LAKE...NORTHERN KANE...SOUTHERN MCHENRY...NORTHERN DUPAGE
AND NORTHWESTERN COOK COUNTIES...

At 723 AM CDT, thunderstorms producing heavy rain were moving across
northern portions of the warned area and will likely cause
additional flash flooding and dangerous travel. Three to five inches
of rain have fallen and additional rainfall amounts of one to two
inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding will continue
this morning.

Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Elgin, Arlington Heights, Evanston, Schaumburg, Palatine, Skokie, Des
Plaines, Mount Prospect, Hoffman Estates, Glenview, Elmhurst,
Lombard, Buffalo Grove, Carol Stream, Carpentersville, Wheeling, Park
Ridge, Addison, Northbrook and St. Charles.

Including the following interstates...
I-88 between mile markers 139 and 140.
I-90 between mile markers 22 and 41.
I-94 between mile markers 17 and 39.
I-290 between mile markers 1 and 15.
I-294 between mile markers 17 and 39.
I-355 between mile markers 26 and 30.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

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LAT...LON 4203 8766 4199 8793 4184 8791 4203 8860
4207 8860 4207 8859 4225 8860 4227 8783
4213 8774 4206 8767



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