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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
614 AM CDT SUN AUG 17 2025
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KANE IL-KENDALL IL-WILL IL-
614 AM CDT SUN AUG 17 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY
* WHAT...CONTINUED FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVERNIGHT
IS EXPECTED. THIS FLOOD WARNING IS REPLACING THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF NORTHEAST ILLINOIS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, KANE, KENDALL AND WILL.
* WHEN...UNTIL NOON CDT.
* IMPACTS...CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
CONTINUED FLOODING IS LIKELY IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS,
INCLUDING FLOODED UNDERPASSES, ROADS, AND STREETS. HIGH WATER
LIKELY MAY RECEDE SLOWLY FROM FLOODED AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 610 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING BACK INTO THE WARNED AREA. FLOODING IS
ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE 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.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. PERSONS ALONG
RIVERS, CREEKS, 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
RC
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