

932 

WGUS73 KLOT 181132

FFSLOT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

632 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013



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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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