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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
828 PM CST THU JAN 8 2026
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COOK IL-DUPAGE IL-WILL IL-
828 PM CST THU JAN 8 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS
EVENING FOR CENTRAL COOK, DUPAGE, AND NORTHWESTERN WILL COUNTIES...
AT 828 PM CST, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED A
LINE OF HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM NEAR EVANSTON TO NEAR LA
GRANGE TO NEAR JOLIET. THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS
MOVING EASTWARD INTO CENTRAL COOK COUNTY WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO
2 INCHES PER HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH POSSIBLE
WITH THIS LINE. WORSENING OF FLOOD IMPACTS IS EXPECTED SHORTLY AFTER
RAINFALL ONSET.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
IMPACT...RAPID-ONSET FLOODING OF CREEKS, STREAMS, DRAINAGE
DITCHES, STREETS, UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING AREAS, AND
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHICAGO, NAPERVILLE, CICERO, HAMMOND, EVANSTON, BOLINGBROOK,
SKOKIE, DES PLAINES, ORLAND PARK, OAK LAWN, BERWYN, WHEATON, OAK
PARK, DOWNERS GROVE, ELMHURST, LOMBARD, OHARE AIRPORT, CAROL
STREAM, ROMEOVILLE AND PLAINFIELD.
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 4189 8814 4209 8768 4209 8767 4206 8765
4203 8765 4199 8764 4197 8762 4195 8762
4191 8761 4190 8758 4188 8760 4187 8759
4185 8759 4177 8755 4176 8752 4170 8752
4164 8791 4164 8819 4183 8819
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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