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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Chicago IL
518 PM CDT Sat Jul 4 2026
The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northeastern Cook County in northeastern Illinois...
* Until 830 PM CDT.
* At 518 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
rainfall rates of up to 2 to 3 inches per hour lifting northward
across the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to begin
shortly after the onset of heavy rain.
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...
Chicago, Cicero, Evanston, Skokie, Des Plaines, Berwyn, Oak Park,
Ohare Airport, Park Ridge, Niles, Austin, Irving Park, South
Lawndale, West Town, Lake View, Lincoln Park, West Ridge,
Bridgeport, Chicago Loop and Melrose Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Flash Flood Warning means rapid-onset flooding is imminent or may
already be occurring. Persons along creeks, drainage ditches, and
other waterways should take immediate precautions to protect life
and property.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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LAT...LON 4186 8759 4185 8759 4181 8757 4178 8792
4200 8792 4203 8767
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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RC