Elevated North America

NWS / NOAA weather: Flash Flood Warning issued July 27 at 3:36PM CDT until July 27 at 6:45PM CDT by NWS Chicago IL

FFWLOT

The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northeastern Kendall County in northeastern Illinois...
Northwestern Will County in northeastern Illinois...

* Until 645 PM CDT.

* At 336 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
rainfall rates of 1 to 3 inches per hour. Up to 1.5 inches has
fallen from this storm over the last 30 minutes near Plainfield
and Oswego. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.

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...
Joliet, Bolingbrook, Romeoville, Plainfield, Oswego, Lockport, New
Lenox, Homer Glen, Mokena, Frankfort, Channahon, Minooka, Crest
Hill, Shorewood, Manhattan, Ingalls Park, Elwood, Preston Heights.

Severity
Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe
This month
2036th Weather alert at severity 4+ in the last 30 days
Source: NWS / NOAA weather

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