Flood Statement
Issued by NWS Chicago, IL

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Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Chicago IL
258 PM CDT Tue May 7 2024

ILC031-INC089-072230-
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Cook IL-Lake IN IN-
258 PM CDT Tue May 7 2024

...FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.

* WHERE...Cook County, Illinois, and northern Lake County, Indiana.

* WHEN...Until 530 PM CDT.

* IMPACTS...Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.
  Underpasses may be flooded. Roads and streets may be flooded.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 253 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges
    indicated that heavy rainfall had moved out of the advisory
    area offshore over Lake Michigan. Up to 2 inches of rain have
    fallen from this storm in a narrow corridor from northern
    Will County through southern Cook County. Multiple public
    reports have been received of flooded underpasses and streets
    across southern Cook County.
  - Light showers may continue for the next hour across the
    advisory area, but no new flooding is expected.
  - Some locations that will experience flooding include...
    Chicago, Cicero, Hammond, Gary, Orland Park, Tinley Park, Oak
    Lawn, Berwyn, Calumet City, Portage, Roseland, Chicago Lawn,
    Englewood, South Shore, Midway Airport, Bridgeport, South
    Lawndale, Chicago Loop, East Chicago and Burbank.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Flood Advisory means minor flooding along waterways and other poor
drainage areas is imminent or may already be occurring. Persons in
the advisory area should use caution and avoid flood waters.

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LAT...LON 4156 8791 4182 8792 4189 8758 4188 8759
      4188 8760 4183 8759 4177 8755 4175 8752
      4172 8751 4170 8749 4169 8746 4169 8744
      4167 8739 4166 8739 4166 8740 4165 8737
      4164 8722 4161 8722 4155 8752


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