975  
WGUS73 KLOT 011325  
FFSLOT  
 
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
825 AM CDT SAT AUG 1 2026  
 
ILC031-043-011645-  
/O.CON.KLOT.FF.W.0042.000000T0000Z-260801T1645Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
COOK IL-DUPAGE IL-  
825 AM CDT SAT AUG 1 2026  
 
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM CDT THIS  
MORNING FOR CENTRAL COOK AND SOUTHEASTERN DUPAGE COUNTIES...  
 
AT 825 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED  
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 4  
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH  
ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING.  
 
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
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...  
DOWNERS GROVE, ELMHURST, LOMBARD, ADDISON, WOODRIDGE, GLEN ELLYN,  
MELROSE PARK, MAYWOOD, BROOKFIELD, FRANKLIN PARK, HINSDALE,  
WESTCHESTER, LEMONT, LA GRANGE, BURR RIDGE, OAK BROOK AND ELMWOOD  
PARK.  
 
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 4173 8809 4184 8807 4191 8803 4195 8792  
4193 8782 4186 8781 4164 8791 4164 8803  
4173 8803  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED  
 

 
 
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