Flood Watch Effective Saturday Night Through Sunday Afternoon

Chicagoland weather radar shows possible severe thunderstorms in far northwest Illinois and light rain and thunder near northern Cook County and Lake County (Illinois). A long band of thunderstorms has also developed from southern Lake Michigan from southern Cook County to Will County, west to Quad Cities -- about the size of the area between I-88 and I-80 at 8:30 p.m.

Heavy rain should arrive in the northwest suburbs of Chicago by about 11:00 p.m.

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
321 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2014

WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-
LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-
LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO...
OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC...
WATSEKA...PAXTON...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER...
FOWLER
321 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2014 /421 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2014/

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /8 PM EDT/ THIS
EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS AND INDIANA...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN ILLINOIS...BOONE...
COOK...DE KALB...DUPAGE...FORD...GRUNDY...IROQUOIS...KANE...
KANKAKEE...KENDALL...LA SALLE...LAKE IL...LEE...LIVINGSTON...
MCHENRY...OGLE...WILL AND WINNEBAGO. IN INDIANA...BENTON...
JASPER...LAKE IN...NEWTON AND PORTER.

* FROM 7 PM CDT /8 PM EDT/ THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL SLOWLY SINK SOUTH THROUGH THE
WARNING AREA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE
HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL TOTALS REACHING 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS BY SUNDAY MORNING ESPECIALLY ALONG THE
ILLINOIS WISCONSIN STATE LINE. IN ADDITION...AREAS FROM SOUTHERN
COOK COUNTY THROUGH PONTIAC AND GIBSON CITY RECEIVED 3 TO 4
INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING. THESE AREAS WILL BE VERY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING.

* FLASH FLOODING MAY CAUSE ROADS TO BE CLOSED AND IMPASSIBLE AND
CAUSE RISES ON AREA RIVERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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