Flash Flood Watch until 03:00AM Saturday
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.
* AFFECTED AREAS: OGLE ... NEWTON ... KENDALL ... BENTON ... LA SALLE ... FORD ... KANKAKEE ... COOK ... DUPAGE ... LAKE ... KANE ... PORTER ... WILL ... GRUNDY ... IROQUOIS ... DE KALB ... LEE ... LIVINGSTON ... JASPER
Instructions:
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.
Address/Location
City of Marseilles
142 Lincoln Street
Marseilles, IL 61341
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 815-795-2131
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP MARSEILLES followed by your message, to 888777
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
- Certainty:
- Possible (p <= ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Flash Flood Watch