<pre>WGUS83 KLOT 310043 FLSLOT
FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Chicago/Romeoville Il 743 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2018
/O.CON.KLOT.FA.W.0004.000000T0000Z-180531T0245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Kendall IL-Lake IL-Will IL-Kane IL-McHenry IL-DuPage IL-Cook IL- 743 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2018
…A FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS REMAINS IN EFFECT Until 945 PM CDT FOR northeastern Kendall…southwestern Lake…northwestern Will…Kane…southwestern McHenry…DuPage and northwestern Cook Counties…
At 735 PM CDT…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN SOME AREAS. ROADS CLOSED HAVE INCLUDED BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROUTE 14 IN BARRINGTON, ROSELLE AND HIGGINS ROAD IN HOFFMAN ESTATES, AND ARDMORE ROAD AT NORTH AVE IN VILLA PARK, AND THERE IS SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN THE TOWN OF ADDISON.
While the heaviest rains have ended, considerable flooding is still ongoing across the warned area, and additional storms will affect areas mainly along and south of Interstate 88 through 845 pm CDT.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE… Aurora, Joliet, Naperville, Elgin, Arlington Heights, Schaumburg, Bolingbrook, Palatine, Mount Prospect, Wheaton, Hoffman Estates, Downers Grove, Lombard, Buffalo Grove, Carol Stream, Romeoville, Plainfield, Carpentersville, Wheeling and Addison.
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. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
TO REPORT FLOODING…HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.
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LAT…LON 4147 8816 4147 8837 4162 8844 4171 8842
4169 8859 4189 8859 4214 8858 4248 8870 4221 8810 4216 8792
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