Full Notification

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
750 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2016

ILZ003-004-008-010>012-019>023-032-033-039-INZ019-190900-
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WINNEBAGO-BOONE-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-
WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...OREGON...DIXON...
DEKALB...AURORA...ELGIN...OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET...
KANKAKEE...PONTIAC...WATSEKA...PAXTON...FOWLER
750 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2016 /850 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2016/

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND A SMALL
PART OF NORTHWEST INDIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN ILLINOIS...BOONE...DE KALB...FORD...GRUNDY...IROQUOIS...
KANE...KANKAKEE...KENDALL...LA SALLE...LEE...LIVINGSTON...
OGLE..WILL AND WINNEBAGO. IN INDIANA...BENTON.

* UNTIL 6 AM CDT FRIDAY.

* AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT PORTIONS
OF THE WATCH AREA OVERNIGHT. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE
THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF
TWO INCHES PER HOUR. DUE TO THE FORECAST SLOW STORM MOTION,
AND THE THREAT FOR SOME AREAS TO SEE MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF STORMS,
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT ISOLATED AREAS COULD SEE RAINFALL TOTALS
OVER 5 INCHES BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

* RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE WOULD LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING
OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREA.

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.