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WGUS63 KLOT 011433
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
933 AM CDT THU OCT 1 2026
ILZ006-010>013-019>021-103>108-INZ001-012245-
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LAKE IL-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-NORTHERN
COOK-CENTRAL COOK-SOUTHERN COOK-NORTHERN WILL-SOUTHERN WILL-
EASTERN WILL-LAKE IN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MANHATTAN, OAK PARK, DOWNERS GROVE, OTTAWA,
MENDOTA, OAK FOREST, SCHAUMBURG, OAK LAWN, WAUKEGAN, CALUMET CITY,
ORLAND PARK, PLAINFIELD, MARSEILLES, ELGIN, PARK FOREST, JOLIET,
DIXON, NAPERVILLE, HAMMOND, STREATOR, MUNDELEIN, MINOOKA, AURORA,
MORRIS, PEOTONE, BOLINGBROOK, GURNEE, CHICAGO, LA GRANGE, CHANNAHON,
LA SALLE, YORKVILLE, DES PLAINES, CICERO, BEECHER, COAL CITY, LEMONT,
PLANO, MERRILLVILLE, LOMBARD, WILMINGTON, MOKENA, PALATINE, OSWEGO,
BUFFALO GROVE, CAROL STREAM, WHEATON, DEKALB, NORTHBROOK, SYCAMORE,
GARY, EVANSTON, AND CRETE
933 AM CDT THU OCT 1 2026
..FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN
ILLINOIS, COOK, DE KALB, DUPAGE, WILL, GRUNDY, KANE, KENDALL, LA
SALLE, LAKE, AND LEE, AS WELL AS LAKE COUNTY IN INDIANA.
* WHEN...THROUGH THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. FLOODING
OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREA.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES, IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS
EVENING. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 INCHES OR MORE IN JUST A FEW HOURS
COULD OCCUR WITHIN THE MORE INTENSE RAINFALL CORRIDORS. THIS
HEAVY RAIN, FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED SOILS, WOULD LIKELY
RESULT IN FLOODING, PARTICULARLY IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE
AREAS.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLOODING IS POSSIBLE, BUT NOT YET CERTAIN, BASED
UPON THE LATEST FORECASTS. PERSONS WITH INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS,
CREEKS, AND OTHER WATERWAYS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND
BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
- IZZI
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