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WGUS73 KLOT 042032
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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
332 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026
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DE KALB IL-LA SALLE IL-LEE IL-
332 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN DE KALB, NORTHERN LA SALLE AND SOUTHEASTERN
LEE COUNTIES...
AT 332 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. ADDITIONAL
SHOWERS MAY CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATION
EXPECTED. UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN FROM EARLIER STORMS.
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
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...
DEKALB, SANDWICH, MENDOTA, SHERIDAN, SHABBONA, LAKE HOLIDAY,
HINCKLEY, SOMONAUK, EARLVILLE, WATERMAN, LELAND, PAW PAW,
MILLINGTON, LEE, COMPTON, WEST BROOKLYN, HARDING AND TRIUMPH.
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 4189 8894 4190 8893 4189 8861 4154 8860
4148 8911 4147 8917 4148 8917 4152 8917
4173 8916
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
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