Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Flash Flood Warning for McHenry Co., IL until 5:15 AM CDT 7/5

WGUS73 KLOT 050551
FFSLOT

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Chicago IL
1251 AM CDT Tue Jul 5 2022


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Boone IL-Cook IL-De Kalb IL-Kane IL-Lake IL IL-McHenry IL-
1251 AM CDT Tue Jul 5 2022

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM CDT EARLY THIS
MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BOONE, NORTHEASTERN DE KALB, NORTHERN COOK,
NORTHERN KANE, SOUTHERN LAKE IL AND SOUTHERN MCHENRY COUNTIES...

At 1251 AM CDT, doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing rainfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour
continuing across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain
have fallen, with isolated higher amounts. Some areas may see
additional rainfall of up to 2 inches.

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.

Locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Elgin, Arlington Heights, Evanston, Schaumburg, Palatine, Skokie,
Des Plaines, Mount Prospect, Hoffman Estates, Glenview, Buffalo
Grove, Bartlett, Crystal Lake, Streamwood, Hanover Park,
Carpentersville, Wheeling, Park Ridge and Northbrook.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Expect flooding of creeks, ditches, farmland, roadways, and and
other low lying areas.

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

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LAT...LON 4240 8871 4224 8817 4219 8778 4205 8766
4200 8764 4199 8828 4207 8853 4215 8871

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR


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