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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
404 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2026
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COOK IL-WILL IL-LAKE IN-
404 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2026
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY 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 1100 AM CDT SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS...CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. FLOODING
MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS. SLOW MOVING OR STANDING
WATER MAY CONTINUE. HIGH WATER MAY ONLY SLOWLY RECEDE FROM FLOODED
AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 402 AM CDT, GAUGES ON AREA CREEKS, STREAMS, AND RIVERS
INDICATED ONGOING FLOODING FROM EARLIER EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IN THE
WARNED AREA.
- 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, STEGER, 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 4165 8756 4172 8755 4171 8749 4169 8746
4169 8741 4168 8738 4166 8740 4164 8737
4164 8726 4151 8756 4141 8771 4141 8790
4147 8790 4155 8785
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