Flash Flood Warning
Issued by NWS Chicago, IL

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Chicago IL
1120 PM CDT Sat Jun 22 2024

The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southern De Kalb County in north central Illinois...
  Lee County in north central Illinois...
  Southeastern Ogle County in north central Illinois...
  Northern Cook County in northeastern Illinois...
  DuPage County in northeastern Illinois...
  Southern Kane County in northeastern Illinois...

* Until 315 AM CDT.

* At 1120 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms with
  torrential rainfall across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches
  of rain have fallen. Multiple automated rain gages have measured
  up to around 2 inches of rain in an hour with up to an inch in 15
  minutes. Rainfall of this magnitude will result flash flooding or
  small streams, creeks, and some roads.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Rapid-onset flooding of creeks, streams, drainage
           ditches, streets, underpasses, low-lying areas, and
           other poor drainage areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Chicago, Aurora, Naperville, Elgin, Cicero, Hammond, Evanston,
  Schaumburg, Bolingbrook, Skokie, Des Plaines, Oak Lawn, Berwyn,
  Wheaton, Oak Park, Downers Grove, Elmhurst, DeKalb, Lombard and
  Bartlett.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Flash Flood Warning means rapid-onset flooding is imminent or may
already be occurring. Persons along creeks, drainage ditches, and
other waterways should take immediate precautions to protect life
and property.

&&

LAT...LON 4199 8826 4200 8793 4205 8767 4188 8759
      4184 8759 4172 8751 4171 8751 4170 8793
      4168 8803 4173 8803 4172 8860 4163 8860
      4163 8917 4159 8918 4158 8963 4190 8963
      4190 8894

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

- Izzi