NWS / NOAA weather: Flood Warning issued July 4 at 11:01PM CDT until July 5 at 2:00PM CDT by NWS Chicago IL
* WHAT...Significant flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.
* WHERE...A portion of northeast Illinois, including the following
counties, Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall and Will.
* WHEN...Until 200 PM CDT Sunday.
* IMPACTS...Creeks and streams will rise out of their banks.
Extensive street flooding is occurring. Flooding of structures and
basements is possible. High water may be slow to recede from
flooded areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 1058 PM CDT, local law enforcement, emergency dispatch
departments, and highway departments reported widespread
flooding across the area. Some significant flooding is
ongoing with multiple roadways impassable and basements
flooded. Up to 6 inches of rain fell due to earlier
thunderstorms. Because heavy rainfall has ended, worsening of
flood impacts is not expected over the next several hours.
However, as water moves into rivers and streams, river levels
will continue to rise. In addition, standing water in flooded
areas will be slow to recede.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Chicago, Aurora, Naperville, Schaumburg, Bolingbrook, Oak
Lawn, Wheaton, Downers Grove, Bartlett, Streamwood, Carol
Stream, Romeoville, Plainfield, Hanover Park, Glendale
Heights, Woodridge, Oswego, Burbank, West Chicago and
Batavia.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Source: NWS / NOAA weather.