Headline:
Flash Flood Warning issued July 4 at 2:55PM CDT until July 4 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Chicago IL
Event:
Flash Flood Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
July 4, 2026 - 12:55pm
Expires:
July 4, 2026 - 7:00pm
Description:
FFWLOT
The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southern Kane County in northeastern Illinois...
Kendall County in northeastern Illinois...
* Until 900 PM CDT Saturday.
* At 255 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy torrential rainfall moving across
the warned area. Up to 2 inches of rain have already fallen in
portions of southwest Kane County according to radar estimates.
The expected rainfall rate is up to 2 inches in 1 hour. Additional
rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches are possible in the warned area.
Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly as the
intense rainfall rates expand eastward.
HAZARD...Flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
IMPACT...Rapid-onset flooding of creeks, streams, drainage
ditches, streets, underpasses, low-lying areas, and
other poor drainage areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Aurora, Joliet, Plainfield, Oswego, West Chicago, Batavia, Geneva,
Yorkville, Plano, Sandwich, Montgomery, North Aurora, Sugar Grove,
Boulder Hill, Elburn, Newark, Millington, Big Rock, Kaneville and
Millbrook.
Instruction:
A Flash Flood Warning means rapid-onset flooding is imminent or may
already be occurring. Persons along creeks, drainage ditches, and
other waterways should take immediate precautions to protect life
and property.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Area Description:
Kane, IL; Kendall, IL
Forcast Office:
NWS Chicago IL
Sender: