Flood Watch
NWS Chicago IL ยท US
Details
Flood Watch In Effect From Late Tonight Through Saturday Morning
- Event
- Flood Watch
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Future
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Possible
- Response
- Prepare
Description
What
Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
Where
Portions of Illinois, including the following areas, Cook, De Kalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, Lee, and Northern Will and northwest Indiana, including the following areas, Lake and Porter.
When
From late tonight through Saturday morning.
Impacts
Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. Roads and streets may be flooded.
Additional details
- Showers and thunderstorms late tonight through Saturday morning may produce widespread rainfall rates up to 2 inches per hour that could lead to flash flooding, particularly over urban areas. Additional thunderstorms Saturday evening into early Sunday morning have the potential to produce torrential rainfall that results in flash flooding, though the exact placement of this rainfall remains unclear. A second Flood Watch for flash flooding may be needed during this period. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
A Flood Watch for flash flooding means rapid-onset flooding is possible, but not yet certain, based upon the latest forecasts. Flash flooding is a dangerous situation. Persons with interests along area rivers, creeks, and other waterways should monitor the latest forecasts and be prepared to take action should flooding develop.
Affected areas
- Lake
- Lee County, IL
- De Kalb
- Kane County, IL
- DuPage County, IL
- Kendall County, IL
- Northern Cook
- Central Cook
- Southern Cook
- Northern Will
- Lake
- Porter County, IN
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Chicago IL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~53s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2TXHD8NB3BP4NQFX3G4NER8
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.645564b2ad5278c50a8b5452c909e42c2ebbc27c.002.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Chicago IL
- AWIPS ID
- CAPLOT
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.1489
- WMO heading
- XOUS53
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 53
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFA |
| NationalWeatherService | FAA |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFALOT |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS63 KLOT 181847 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KLOT.FA.A.0016.260919T0900Z-260919T1800Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-19T13:00:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Lake
- Lee County, IL
- De Kalb
- Kane County, IL
- DuPage County, IL
- Kendall County, IL
- Northern Cook
- Central Cook
- Southern Cook
- Northern Will
- Lake
- Porter County, IN
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 017097 |
| SAME | 017103 |
| SAME | 017037 |
| SAME | 017089 |
| SAME | 017043 |
| SAME | 017093 |
| SAME | 017031 |
| SAME | 017197 |
| SAME | 018089 |
| SAME | 018127 |
| UGC | ILZ006 |
| UGC | ILZ010 |
| UGC | ILZ011 |
| UGC | ILZ012 |
| UGC | ILZ013 |
| UGC | ILZ020 |
| UGC | ILZ103 |
| UGC | ILZ104 |
| UGC | ILZ105 |
| UGC | ILZ106 |
| UGC | INZ001 |
| UGC | INZ002 |