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WGUS83 KLOT 011600
FLSLOT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1100 AM CDT SAT AUG 1 2026
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COOK IL-DUPAGE IL-KANE IL-KENDALL IL-WILL IL-
1100 AM CDT SAT AUG 1 2026
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...CENTRAL COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
KENDALL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
NORTHWESTERN WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
* WHEN...UNTIL 100 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS. HIGH
WATER MAY RECEDE SLOWLY FROM FLOODED AREAS. AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS
ARE ALREADY ELEVATED, INCREASING THE RISK OF FLOODING DUE TO
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1058 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN FROM EARLIER THIS MORNING. FLOODING IS ONGOING IN THE
WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- SCATTERED HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS LATE THIS MORNING MAY RESULT IN
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH IN THE WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHICAGO, AURORA, JOLIET, NAPERVILLE, CICERO, EVANSTON,
BOLINGBROOK, SKOKIE, BERWYN, WHEATON, OAK PARK, DOWNERS GROVE,
ELMHURST, LOMBARD, ROMEOVILLE, PLAINFIELD, PARK RIDGE AND
ADDISON.
- 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 4173 8844 4179 8839 4191 8803 4209 8770
4208 8767 4199 8765 4197 8763 4195 8763
4193 8762 4189 8759 4188 8761 4185 8760
4180 8777 4168 8790 4146 8825 4146 8851
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