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WGUS83 KLOT 020044
FLSLOT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
744 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 2026
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COOK IL-WILL IL-LAKE IN-
744 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 2026
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EARLIER EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...SOUTHEASTERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
CENTRAL WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
NORTHWESTERN LAKE IN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 1145 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. FLOODING
MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS. UNDERPASSES MAY BE
FLOODED. ROADS AND STREETS MAY BE FLOODED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 739 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THAT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA EARLIER.
UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN THE PAST 3 TO 6 HOURS.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HAMMOND, GARY, TINLEY PARK, CALUMET CITY, CHICAGO HEIGHTS, EAST
CHICAGO, LANSING, OAK FOREST, HARVEY, HIGHLAND, MUNSTER, DOLTON,
PARK FOREST, HOMEWOOD, MATTESON, MOKENA, FRANKFORT, AND SOUTH
HOLLAND.
- 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.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 4156 8782 4169 8740 4167 8738 4166 8739
4166 8740 4165 8738 4164 8737 4164 8729
4162 8730 4155 8749 4147 8765 4147 8774
4143 8782 4143 8790 4147 8790 4155 8785
OGOREK
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