Full Notification

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
551 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
KENDALL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN GRUNDY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
NORTHWESTERN WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
SOUTH CENTRAL COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 550 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING AND TRAINING
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE 2 INCH PER HOUR RATES AT TIMES INTO THE
EARLY EVENING HOURS. ISOLATED AREAS WITHIN THE WARNING COULD END
UP WITH 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL THROUGH THIS EVENING. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
AURORA...JOLIET...NAPERVILLE...BOLINGBROOK...ORLAND PARK...
TINLEY PARK...ROMEOVILLE...PLAINFIELD...OSWEGO...LOCKPORT...
NEW LENOX...HOMER GLEN...MOKENA...YORKVILLE...LEMONT...CHANNAHON...
MINOOKA...INGALLS PARK...WOODRIDGE AND SHOREWOOD.

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 244 AND 269.
I-80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 114 AND 148.
I-355 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 11...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13 AND
14.

THIS INCLUDES... UNIVERSITY OF ST. FRANCIS...CHANNAHON STATE PARK...
CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY ROUTE 66 RACEWAY...GRUNDY COUNTY SPEEDWAY AND
FAIRGROUNDS...JOLIET JUNIOR COLLEGE...JOLIET SLAMMERS BASEBALL...AND
LEWIS UNIVERSITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

Instructions:

TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN - NEVER ENTER FLOOD WATERS