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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1234 AM CDT WED APR 15 2026
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COOK IL-DUPAGE IL-
1234 AM CDT WED APR 15 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM CDT EARLY THIS
MORNING FOR NORTHERN COOK AND NORTHERN DUPAGE COUNTIES...
AT 1234 AM CDT, THE PUBLIC REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN AND INSTANCES OF FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5
AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP
TO 0.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
ONGOING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...PUBLIC.
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, ELGIN, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, EVANSTON, SCHAUMBURG, PALATINE,
SKOKIE, DES PLAINES, MOUNT PROSPECT, HOFFMAN ESTATES, GLENVIEW,
BUFFALO GROVE, BARTLETT, OHARE AIRPORT, STREAMWOOD, CAROL STREAM,
HANOVER PARK, WHEELING, PARK RIDGE AND ADDISON.
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 4215 8824 4215 8775 4207 8767 4195 8763
4194 8824
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
DOOM
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