Thursday, June 21, 2018

Flash Flood Watch for McHenry Co., IL until 10:00 AM CDT 6/22

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URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Flood Watch National Weather Service Chicago IL 304 PM CDT Thu Jun 21 2018

…Additional Rounds of Moderate to Heavy Rain May Produce Flash Flooding Through Tonight…

/O.EXT.KLOT.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-180622T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Winnebago-Boone-McHenry-Lake IL-Ogle-Lee-DeKalb-Kane-DuPage-Cook- La Salle-Kendall-Grundy-Will- Including the cities of Rockford, Belvidere, Woodstock, Waukegan, Oregon, Dixon, DeKalb, Aurora, Elgin, Wheaton, Chicago, Ottawa, Oswego, Morris, and Joliet 304 PM CDT Thu Jun 21 2018

…FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING…

The Flash Flood Watch is now in effect for

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

  • Through Friday morning

  • Additional rounds of heavy rain producing showers and some thunderstorms will continue through Friday morning. These storms have the potential to produce localized flash flooding as many locations have received significant rainfall in the past week, including additional rain this morning. Rainfall amounts of one to three inches are expected tonight through Friday morning.

  • Area rivers and streams are running high, which will means rainfall will more quickly go into runoff. Urban and small stream flooding 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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