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WGUS83 KLOT 041239
FLSLOT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
739 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026
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COOK IL-WILL IL-LAKE IN IN-
739 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUES.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST ILLINOIS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, COOK AND WILL AND NORTHWEST INDIANA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTY, LAKE IN.
* WHEN...UNTIL NOON CDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.
ROADS AND STREETS MAY BE FLOODED. HIGH WATER MAY RECEDE SLOWLY
FROM FLOODED AREAS, POSSIBLY STALLED BY CLOGGED DRAINS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 736 AM CDT, FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN THE WARNED AREA. IN
THE PAST 48 HOURS, BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN.
RIVER GAUGES INDICATE THAT CREEKS AND RIVERS ARE AT OR ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE, SUGGESTING THERE ARE AREAS OF STANDING WATER AND
FLOODING IN THE AREA.
- ADDITIONAL WAVES OF STORMS MAY AGGRAVATE FLOODING TODAY.
- 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
BORCHARDT
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