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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
159 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2026
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COOK IL-GRUNDY IL-KANKAKEE IL-LA SALLE IL-LIVINGSTON IL-WILL IL-
LAKE IN IN-
159 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES,
COOK, GRUNDY, KANKAKEE, LA SALLE, LIVINGSTON AND WILL AND
NORTHWEST INDIANA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTY, LAKE IN.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1000 AM CDT SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF DITCHES, VIADUCTS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS.
CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 157 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL OF
BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES, AND LOCALLY IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES HAS
OCCURRED DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS SINCE LAST EVENING. FLOODING IS
ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA.
- THIS AREAL FLOOD WARNING REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS AND
ADVISORIES PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHICAGO, HAMMOND, GARY, ORLAND PARK, TINLEY PARK, CALUMET
CITY, CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ROSELAND, EAST CHICAGO, LANSING, OAK
FOREST, HARVEY, NEW LENOX, HIGHLAND, BLUE ISLAND, MUNSTER,
DOLTON, PARK FOREST, HOMEWOOD AND MATTESON.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR MAY ALREADY BE
OCCURRING. PERSONS ALONG RIVERS, CREEKS, AND OTHER WATERWAYS SHOULD
TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 4075 8893 4090 8893 4176 8752 4170 8749
4169 8746 4169 8741 4168 8739 4166 8740
4164 8734 4076 8875
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