Flood Statement
Issued by NWS Chicago, IL
Issued by NWS Chicago, IL
603 WGUS83 KLOT 071958 FLSLOT Flood Advisory National Weather Service Chicago IL 258 PM CDT Tue May 7 2024 ILC031-INC089-072230- /O.CON.KLOT.FA.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-240507T2230Z/ /00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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. && 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 $$ WSL