Full Notification

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
319 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2016

.VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE BY LATE
TONIGHT...

.AN ENVIRONMENT OVER VERY MOIST DEEP LAYER MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN
PLACE OVERNIGHT AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE FROM NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI
AND SOUTHEASTERN IOWA AND INTO WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE TO POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL OVER RELATIVELY SHORT PERIODS OF TIME. TOTAL AMOUNTS OF
UP TO 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...
ARE POSSIBLE.

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LEE-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-LIVINGSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DIXON...OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...
PONTIAC
319 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2016

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT THURSDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...NORTH
CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...LIVINGSTON. IN NORTH
CENTRAL ILLINOIS...LA SALLE AND LEE. IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
GRUNDY AND KENDALL.

* FROM 1 AM CDT THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

* VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES...OR MORE...OVER SHORT
PERIODS OF TIME FROM THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING LATE TONIGHT INTO
EARLY TOMORROW MORNING.

* FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG CREEKS...LOW LYING AREAS...
AND URBAN AREAS TONIGHT WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURS. WATER MAY
ALSO COVER ROADS ALONG WITH RAPID RISES ON LOCAL STREAMS.

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.