WGUS73 KLOT 120911
FFSLOT
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville Il
411 AM CDT WED JUL 12 2017
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Lake IL-Kane IL-McHenry IL-DuPage IL-Cook IL-
411 AM CDT WED JUL 12 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN LAKE...NORTHERN KANE...SOUTHERN MCHENRY...NORTHERN DUPAGE
AND NORTHWESTERN COOK COUNTIES...
At 408 AM CDT, Doppler radar continued to indicate widely scattered
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across portions of the warned
area. Radar rainfall estimates indicate that up to 5 inches of rain
had fallen with earlier slow moving storms from northern Kane County
into northern DuPage County...with up to 2 inches across portions of
northern Cook County. Additional rainfall amounts of up to an inch
is possible across isolated parts of the northeastern Cook county
through 6 am.
Significant flooding was reported earlier in the Pingree Grove and
Elgin areas...with cars stuck in flood waters and many streets
flooded and impassible.
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.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
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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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