Flash Flood Watch until 10:00AM Saturday
The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a
* Flash Flood Watch for portions of Illinois and northwest Indiana, including the following areas, in Illinois, Boone, Cook, De Kalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, La Salle, Lake, Lee, McHenry, Ogle, Will, and Winnebago. In northwest Indiana, Lake.
* From this evening through Saturday morning
* Showers and thunderstorms are expected to impact the watch area tonight and these storms will be capable of producing heavy rainfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour.
* Runoff from this heavy rainfall may result in areas of flash flooding, along with additional rises on area rivers.
* AFFECTED AREAS: OGLE ... WINNEBAGO ... KENDALL ... LA SALLE ... BOONE ... COOK ... MCHENRY ... DUPAGE ... LAKE ... LAKE ... KANE ... WILL ... GRUNDY ... DE KALB ... LEE
Instructions:
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.
Address/Location
City of Marseilles
142 Lincoln Street
Marseilles, IL 61341
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 815-795-2131
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP MARSEILLES followed by your message, to 888777
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
- Certainty:
- Possible (p <= ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Flash Flood Watch