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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1238 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026
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COOK IL-WILL IL-LAKE IN IN-
1238 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, COOK, WILL, AND LAKE.
* WHEN...UNTIL NOON CDT SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS...CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE OUT OF THEIR
BANKS. UNDERPASSES MAY BE FLOODED. ROADS AND STREETS MAY BE
FLOODED. HIGH WATER MAY RECEDE SLOWLY FROM FLOODED AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1235 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAINFALL
HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. WHILE THE THREAT FOR HEAVY
RAINFALL HAS ENDED, 1 TO LOCALLY 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL FROM
EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS. NUMEROUS CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE RISING
TOWARDS FLOOD STAGE, AND WATER LEVELS WILL LIKELY REMAIN
ELEVATED WELL INTO SATURDAY MORNING. STANDING WATER WILL
CONTINUE TO IMPACT UNDERPASSES, LOW SPOTS, AND OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS.
- A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS THAT
RECEIVED THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WHERE MULTIPLE CREEKS CONTINUE
TO CLIMB RAPIDLY, INCLUDING THE MIDLOTHIAN, HOMEWOOD, AND
THORNTON AREAS.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHICAGO, HAMMOND, GARY, ORLAND PARK, TINLEY PARK, OAK LAWN,
CALUMET CITY, CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ROSELAND, CHICAGO LAWN,
ENGLEWOOD, SOUTH SHORE, EAST CHICAGO, SCHERERVILLE, LANSING,
OAK FOREST, HARVEY, NEW LENOX, HOMER GLEN AND HIGHLAND.
- 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.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 4184 8759 4181 8757 4179 8756 4179 8755
4177 8755 4177 8754 4174 8752 4172 8751
4170 8749 4169 8746 4169 8744 4168 8742
4147 8741 4147 8753 4142 8753 4141 8798
4157 8798 4163 8785
CARLAW
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