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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
356 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2026
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WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-LA
SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-NORTHERN
COOK-CENTRAL COOK-SOUTHERN COOK-NORTHERN WILL-SOUTHERN WILL-
EASTERN WILL-LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GIBSON CITY, PORTAGE, SYCAMORE,
PLAINFIELD, DOWNERS GROVE, MORRIS, CHANNAHON, WAUKEGAN, MINOOKA,
SCHAUMBURG, NAPERVILLE, COAL CITY, ELGIN, CALUMET CITY,
NORTHBROOK, OXFORD, OSWEGO, ORLAND PARK, PALATINE, STREATOR,
DEMOTTE, GARY, WATSEKA, MOROCCO, MENDOTA, DES PLAINES, ALGONQUIN,
GURNEE, LA GRANGE, WILMINGTON, ROCKFORD, EVANSTON, JOLIET, PARK
FOREST, MANHATTAN, CRYSTAL LAKE, CICERO, OAK PARK, MERRILLVILLE,
WHEATON, HAMMOND, AURORA, BRADLEY, LA SALLE, BOURBONNAIS,
BOLINGBROOK, ROCHELLE, VALPARAISO, BEECHER, DEKALB, CHESTERTON,
KANKAKEE, PLANO, MCHENRY, RENSSELAER, YORKVILLE, PAXTON,
MUNDELEIN, LEMONT, OREGON, FOWLER, OTTAWA, BUFFALO GROVE,
CHICAGO, PONTIAC, WOODSTOCK, BYRON, MOKENA, KENTLAND, MARSEILLES,
DWIGHT, GILMAN, CAROL STREAM, BELVIDERE, ROSELAWN, FAIRBURY,
CRETE, DIXON, OAK FOREST, OAK LAWN, LOMBARD, AND PEOTONE
356 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2026 /456 PM EDT FRI APR 3 2026/
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /8 PM EDT/ THIS EVENING
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST
INDIANA.
* WHEN...FROM 7 PM CDT /8 PM EDT/ THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING.
* IMPACTS...ROADS AND STREETS MAY BE FLOODED. AREA CREEKS AND
STREAMS ARE ALREADY ELEVATED, INCREASING THE RISK OF FLOODING DUE
TO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- RECENT ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE LEFT SOILS SATURATED AND
STREAM AND CREEK LEVELS ELEVATED ACROSS THE AREA. ADDITIONAL
ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT MAY LEAD
TO RAPID RUN-OFF AND AN INCREASED THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING MEANS RAPID-ONSET FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE, BUT NOT YET CERTAIN, BASED UPON THE LATEST FORECASTS.
FLASH FLOODING IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. PERSONS WITH INTERESTS
ALONG AREA RIVERS, CREEKS, AND OTHER WATERWAYS SHOULD MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING
DEVELOP.
PETR
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