Flash Flood Warning for McHenry Co., IL until 3:00 AM CDT 7/6

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Chicago IL
959 PM CDT Tue Jul 5 2022

The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
Boone County in north central Illinois...
Northeastern De Kalb County in north central Illinois...
Central Winnebago County in north central Illinois...
Northern Kane County in northeastern Illinois...
McHenry County in northeastern Illinois...

* Until 300 AM CDT.

* At 959 PM CDT, doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
another round of thunderstorms moving into the warned area, where
2 to 5 inches of rain have already fallen. The expected rainfall
rate is 1 inch in 1 hour, with additional rainfall up to 1 inch
possible. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding.

SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

IMPACT...Rapid-onset flooding of small creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses, as
well as other poor drainage and low lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Rockford, Elgin, Crystal Lake, Carpentersville, Algonquin, Lake in
the Hills, McHenry, Belvidere, Woodstock, Huntley, Loves Park,
Machesney Park, Roscoe, Harvard, Rockton, Marengo, Poplar Grove,
Genoa, Cary and Pingree Grove.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Flash Flood Warning means rapid-onset flooding is imminent or may
already be occurring. Persons along creeks, drainage ditches, and
other waterways should take immediate precautions to protect life
and property.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

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LAT...LON 4241 8940 4243 8902 4242 8847 4231 8828
4216 8827 4201 8834 4204 8862 4209 8873
4215 8877 4217 8878 4222 8907 4224 8934
4231 8940 4233 8940 4234 8940 4238 8940
4239 8940

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1 INCH IN 1 HOUR


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