Friday, June 22, 2018

Flash Flood Watch for McHenry Co., IL until 03:00 PM CDT 6/22

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URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Flood Watch National Weather Service Chicago IL 958 AM CDT Fri Jun 22 2018

…Moderate to Briefly Heavy Rain Through Mid-afternoon…

/O.EXT.KLOT.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-180622T2000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Winnebago-Boone-McHenry-Lake IL-Ogle-Lee-DeKalb-Kane-DuPage-Cook- La Salle-Kendall-Grundy-Will-Lake IN-Porter- Including the cities of Rockford, Belvidere, Woodstock, Waukegan, Oregon, Dixon, DeKalb, Aurora, Elgin, Wheaton, Chicago, Ottawa, Oswego, Morris, Joliet, Gary, and Valparaiso 958 AM CDT Fri Jun 22 2018

…FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON…

The Flash Flood Watch is now in effect for

  • Portions of Illinois and northwest Indiana, including the following areas, in Illinois, Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, La Salle, Lake IL, Lee, McHenry, Ogle, Will, and Winnebago. In northwest Indiana, Lake IN and Porter.

  • Until 3 PM CDT this afternoon

  • Periods of moderate to briefly heavy rain will continue through mid afternoon. Given the recent heavy rainfall amounts, any additional heavy rain may produce localized flash flooding.

  • Area rivers and streams are running high, which will means rainfall will more quickly go into runoff. Localized flooding in poor drainage areas, especially urban ones is likely.

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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