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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
244 PM CDT THU OCT 1 2026
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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 PEOTONE, WILMINGTON, MARSEILLES, EVANSTON,
GARY, PLANO, WAUKEGAN, OTTAWA, PARK FOREST, OAK LAWN, COAL CITY,
CHICAGO, PLAINFIELD, MERRILLVILLE, LEMONT, OSWEGO, MORRIS, CHANNAHON,
CICERO, PALATINE, SCHAUMBURG, OAK PARK, OAK FOREST, CAROL STREAM,
JOLIET, MENDOTA, YORKVILLE, MOKENA, BUFFALO GROVE, SYCAMORE, AURORA,
MINOOKA, MANHATTAN, WHEATON, NAPERVILLE, NORTHBROOK, CRETE, GURNEE,
BEECHER, HAMMOND, STREATOR, CALUMET CITY, LOMBARD, DEKALB, MUNDELEIN,
LA SALLE, DIXON, LA GRANGE, DES PLAINES, BOLINGBROOK, ORLAND PARK,
ELGIN, AND DOWNERS GROVE
244 PM CDT THU OCT 1 2026
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS,
CENTRAL COOK, DE KALB, DUPAGE, EASTERN WILL, GRUNDY, KANE, KENDALL,
LA SALLE, LAKE IL, LEE, NORTHERN COOK, NORTHERN WILL, SOUTHERN COOK
AND SOUTHERN WILL AND NORTHWEST INDIANA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREA, LAKE IN.
* WHEN...UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. FLOODING
MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- PERIODS OF SOAKING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. RAINFALL RATES MAY REACH 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN LOCALIZED
CORRIDORS. SUCH RAINFALL RATES ON SATURATED SOILS MAY LEAD TO
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.
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