FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR PARTS OF THE CHICAGO METRO

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
632 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

ILC031-037-043-063-089-093-099-103-197-181700-
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KANE IL-KENDALL IL-LA SALLE IL-WILL IL-GRUNDY IL-DE KALB IL-DUPAGE
IL-
LEE IL-COOK IL-
632 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COOK...SOUTHEASTERN
LEE...DUPAGE...SOUTHERN DE KALB...NORTHERN GRUNDY...NORTHWESTERN
WILL...LA SALLE...KENDALL AND KANE COUNTIES UNTIL NOON CDT...

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR DUPAGE AND COOK COUNTIES.

AT 626 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT NUMEROUS ROADS
AND INTERSTATES WERE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. REPORTS OF STRANDED
VEHICLES HAVE ALSO BEEN RELAYED IN ADDITION TO FLOODED HOMES AND
OTHER BUILDINGS. SOME MUNICIPALITIES HAVE ALSO DECLARED STATES OF
EMERGENCY DUE TO THE FLOODING.

3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST 24 HOURS WITH
APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THAT FALLING SINCE ABOUT MIDNIGHT ACROSS MANY
AREAS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS WHICH WILL ONLY WORSEN EXISTING FLOODING AS WELL AS
ALLOW NEW FLOODING TO DEVELOP.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...VIADUCTS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...
RURAL ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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LAT...LON 4214 8774 4208 8767 4197 8764 4196 8762
      4191 8762 4190 8760 4184 8760 4172 8752
      4110 8908 4111 8917 4158 8917 4158 8920
      4165 8921 4196 8876 4216 8833

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