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Ogle-Lee-De Kalb-Kane-DuPage-Cook-La Salle-Kendall-Grundy-Will-
Kankakee-Livingston-Iroquois-Ford-Lake IN-Porter-Newton-Jasper-
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Including the cities of Rochelle, Oregon, Mount Morris, Byron,
Polo, Dixon, DeKalb, Sycamore, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville,
Wheaton, Downers Grove, Elmhurst, Lombard, Carol Stream, Addison,
Chicago, Humboldt Park, Hyde Park, Lakeview, Lincoln Park,
Logan Square, Navy Pier, Ottawa, Streator, Peru, La Salle,
Mendota, Marseilles, Oswego, Boulder Hill, Yorkville, Plano,
Morris, Coal City, Minooka, Joliet, Bolingbrook, Kankakee,
Bourbonnais, Bradley, Pontiac, Dwight, Fairbury, Watseka, Gilman,
Onarga, Paxton, Gibson City, Gary, Hammond, East Chicago,
Merrillville, Portage, Valparaiso, Chesterton, Roselawn,
Kentland, Morocco, Goodland, Brook, Rensselaer, DeMotte, Fowler,
Otterbein, Oxford, and Boswell
143 PM CDT Fri Sep 27 2019 /243 PM EDT Fri Sep 27 2019/

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

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, Cook, De
Kalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall,
La Salle, Lee, Livingston, Ogle, and Will. In northwest
Indiana, Benton, Jasper, Lake IN, Newton, and Porter.

* Through late tonight

* Waves of thunderstorms will produce torrential rainfall with
hourly rainfall rates of one to two inches or more at times.
Including rain that has already fallen, some locations may
observe rainfall totals of over five inches.

* Rivers and streams may exhibit rapid rises and quickly go out of
their banks.

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.