WGUS53 KLOT 090342 FFWLOT ILC031-043-197-090430- /O.EXT.KLOT.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-260109T0430Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Chicago IL 942 PM CST Thu Jan 8 2026 The National Weather Service in Chicago has extended the * Flash Flood Warning for... Northeastern Cook County in northeastern Illinois... DuPage County in northeastern Illinois... Northwestern Will County in northeastern Illinois... * Until 1030 PM CST. * At 942 PM CST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated a line of heavy rainfall extending from just south of the Chicago Loop to near Orland Park. This line of showers and thunderstorms is drifting slowly eastward with rainfall rates in excess of 1 inch per hour. Worsening of flood impacts is expected shortly after rainfall onset. 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... Chicago, Naperville, Cicero, Hammond, Evanston, Bolingbrook, Skokie, Des Plaines, Orland Park, Oak Lawn, Berwyn, Wheaton, Oak Park, Downers Grove, Elmhurst, Lombard, Ohare Airport, Carol Stream, Romeoville and Plainfield. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && LAT...LON 4189 8814 4209 8768 4209 8767 4206 8765 4203 8765 4199 8764 4197 8762 4195 8762 4191 8761 4190 8758 4188 8760 4187 8759 4185 8759 4177 8755 4176 8752 4170 8752 4164 8791 4164 8819 4183 8819 FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-1.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR $$ WSL