FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GRUNDY COUNTY UNTIL 7:30PM TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
134 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL LA SALLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTH CENTRAL FORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEASTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
GRUNDY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
SOUTHWESTERN WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
SOUTHWESTERN KANKAKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 133 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MARSEILLES...DWIGHT...SENECA...WILMINGTON...BRAIDWOOD...
COAL CITY...DIAMOND...ELWOOD...HERSCHER...GARDNER...ODELL...
MAZON...BRACEVILLE...LAKEWOOD SHORES...ESSEX...SOUTH WILMINGTON...
GODLEY...RANSOM...BONFIELD AND CARBON HILL.
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...
I-55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 207 AND 243.
THIS INCLUDES... KANKAKEE RIVER STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
Instructions:
TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN
Address/Location
Grundy County IL Emergency Management Agency
1320 Union St
Morris, IL 60450
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 815-941-3212
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
- Certainty:
- Likely (p > ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Flash Flood Warning