Flash Flood Warning until 10:15PM
The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for... Southern Lake County in northeastern Illinois... Will County in northeastern Illinois... Kankakee County in northeastern Illinois... DuPage County in northeastern Illinois... Cook County in northeastern Illinois... Lake County in northwestern Indiana...
* Until 1015 PM CDT.
* At 645 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a band of torrential rain moving across the warned area. This band of rain is producing one to two and a half inches of rain in less than an hour. This very heavy rainfall will result in potentially significant flash flooding of roadways, streams, and creeks. HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Heavy rain producing flash flooding. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include... Chicago, Aurora, Joliet, Naperville, Elgin, Waukegan, Cicero, Hammond, Gary, Arlington Heights, Evanston, Schaumburg, Bolingbrook, Palatine, Skokie, Des Plaines, Orland Park, Tinley Park, Oak Lawn and Berwyn.
* AFFECTED AREAS: LAKE, IN ... KANKAKEE, IL ... LAKE, IL ... COOK, IL ... WILL, IL ... DUPAGE, IL
Instructions:
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other drainage areas and low lying spots.
Address/Location
Village of Beecher
625 Dixie Hwy
Beecher, IL 60401
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 708-946-2261
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
- Certainty:
- Likely (p > ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Flash Flood Warning