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  • McHenry
    Lake
    Cook
  • Flood Advisory

    McHenry, IL

    Y IL-BOONE IL-
    941 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012

    ...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
    CENTRAL BOONE AND NORTHERN MCHENRY COUNTIES UNTIL NOON CDT...

    AT 925 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
    THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
    ADVISORY AREA EARLIER THIS MORNING HAVE PUSHED EAST OF THE
    AREA...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE REDEVELOPED
    ACROSS THE AREA. HOURLY RAINFALL RATES FROM THE CURRENT
    THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN AROUND 1 INCH. RUNOFF FROM
    EARLIER RAINFALL MAY CONTINUE...AND MAY BECOME ENHANCED WITH THE
    ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THAT IS OCCURRING AT THIS TIME. SHOWERS AND
    THUNDERSTORMS WILL STEADILY PUSH EAST ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND
    EVENTUALLY COME TO AN END BY 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING.

    SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...

    BELVIDERE... HARVARD... WONDER LAKE...
    WOODSTOCK... BULL VALLEY... CAPRON...
    HEBRON... MCCULLOM LAKE... POPLAR GROVE...

    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

    DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
    ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
    SAFELY.

    &&

    LAT...LON 4227 8830 4223 8894 4246 8894 4248 8828

  • Special Weather Statement

    Lake, IL

    CIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

    AT 958 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
    THUNDERSTORM NEAR PALATINE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

    ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...FREQUENT
    CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF MODERATE DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE
    WITH THIS STORM.

    LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
    PALATINE... INVERNESS... KILDEER...
    ROLLING MEADOWS... BARRINGTON... LAKE ZURICH...
    FOREST LAKE... HOFFMAN ESTATES... HAWTHORN WOODS...

    THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS MAY ALSO BE IMPACTED...
    HARPER COLLEGE...LAKE FOREST COLLEGE...NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY...
    OAKTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND RAVINIA.

    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

    GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
    AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. HEAVY
    RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POOR
    VISIBILITY. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS
    PASSED.

    LAT...LON 4230 8782 4227 8782 4222 8780 4211 8772
    4208 8767 4206 8766 4202 8766 4202 8773
    4205 8822 4215 8823 4216 8820 4223 8820
    TIME...MOT...LOC 1459Z 265DEG 27KT 4213 8806

  • Special Weather Statement

    Cook, IL

    CIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

    AT 958 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
    THUNDERSTORM NEAR PALATINE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

    ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...FREQUENT
    CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF MODERATE DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE
    WITH THIS STORM.

    LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
    PALATINE... INVERNESS... KILDEER...
    ROLLING MEADOWS... BARRINGTON... LAKE ZURICH...
    FOREST LAKE... HOFFMAN ESTATES... HAWTHORN WOODS...

    THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS MAY ALSO BE IMPACTED...
    HARPER COLLEGE...LAKE FOREST COLLEGE...NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY...
    OAKTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND RAVINIA.

    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

    GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
    AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. HEAVY
    RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POOR
    VISIBILITY. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS
    PASSED.

    LAT...LON 4230 8782 4227 8782 4222 8780 4211 8772
    4208 8767 4206 8766 4202 8766 4202 8773
    4205 8822 4215 8823 4216 8820 4223 8820
    TIME...MOT...LOC 1459Z 265DEG 27KT 4213 8806