

748 

WGUS73 KLOT 181608

FFSLOT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

1108 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013



ILC031-037-043-063-089-093-099-103-197-181700-

/O.CON.KLOT.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130418T1700Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

KANE IL-KENDALL IL-LA SALLE IL-WILL IL-GRUNDY IL-DE KALB IL-DUPAGE 

IL-

LEE IL-COOK IL-

1108 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...



EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN 

MANY AREAS.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE CONTINUED ELEVATED 

LEVELS ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...PONDING OF WATER ON 

ROADS...URBAN AREAS... HIGHWAYS... UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS.



RAIN HAD ENDED TEMPORARILY LATE THIS MORNING BUT ADDITIONAL RAIN IS 

EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES ALONG THE IOWA 

ILLINOIS BORDER. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH IS POSSIBLE. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY.



&&



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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