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WGUS73 KLOT 170953
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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
453 AM CDT SUN AUG 17 2025
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KANE IL-KENDALL IL-WILL IL-
453 AM CDT SUN AUG 17 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM CDT THIS
MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANE, NORTHEASTERN KENDALL AND WEST
CENTRAL WILL COUNTIES...
AT 453 AM CDT, TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED SIGNIFICANT FLASH
FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA. AT 4:30 AM, A CAR WAS REPORTED STRANDED
IN FLOOD WATERS IN JOLIET. BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INC ARE POSSIBLE IN
PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. DANGEROUS, POTENTIALLY-LIFE THREATENING
FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...TRAINED SPOTTERS.
IMPACT...RAPID-ONSET, SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF CREEKS, STREAMS,
DRAINAGE DITCHES, LOW-LYING AREAS, AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS. WIDESPREAD STREET AND UNDERPASS FLOODING.
POSSIBLE FLOODING OF STRUCTURES. POSSIBLE FLOODING OF
HIGHWAYS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
AURORA, JOLIET, FAR SOUTHWEST NAPERVILLE, BOLINGBROOK, ROMEOVILLE,
PLAINFIELD, OSWEGO, LOCKPORT, YORKVILLE, CREST HILL, MONTGOMERY,
SHOREWOOD, SUGAR GROVE, BOULDER HILL, FAIRMONT, ROCKDALE, CRYSTAL
LAWNS AND BRISTOL.
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.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 4179 8843 4169 8826 4156 8803 4148 8811
4156 8826 4171 8852
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1 INCH IN 2 HOURS
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