Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory Issued by the Chicago National Weather Service Office

Posted on: January 29th, 2013 3:36 PM by Paul Dailey No Comments

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
737 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
EASTERN GRUNDY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
EASTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
KANKAKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...
NORTH CENTRAL FORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN IROQUOIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 130 AM CST WEDNESDAY

* AT 729 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. DOPPLER
RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ALONG AN
EASTERN GRUNDY COUNTY STRETCHING NORTHEAST THROUGH KANKAKEE COUNTY
INTO FAR SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ACROSS THE SAME AREAS...
AND CONTINUE TO SLIDE EAST INTO FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA BY 9 PM CST.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO
OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER
CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING
INCLUDE...BEAVER CITY...BOURBONNAIS...BRADLEY...BURNHAM...CALUMET
CITY...CEDAR LAKE...CHANNAHON...CHICAGO HEIGHTS...CONRAD...CROWN
POINT...DOLTON...EAST CHICAGO...ENOS...FLOSSMOOR AND FRANKFORT.

OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
CHANNAHON STATE PARK...GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY...INDIANA
UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST..

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