{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.4ea7509782665b41e73e1a6781706dc7ac2a512a.002.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Flash Flood Warning issued July 4 at 3:19PM CDT until July 4 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Chicago IL","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-04","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.4ea7509782665b41e73e1a6781706dc7ac2a512a.002.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Chicago IL"},"word_count":186,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Flash Flood Warning: Flash Flood Warning issued July 4 at 3:19PM CDT until July 4 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Chicago IL\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Kendall, IL\n**Issued by:** NWS Chicago IL\n**Sent:** 2026-07-04T15:19:00-05:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-04T15:19:00-05:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-04T21:00:00-05:00\n\n## Description\nAt 319 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated\nthunderstorms with rainfall rates of 2 to 3 inches per hour. Up to 1\ninch of rainfall has occurred so far, with 2 to 3 inches of rainfall\npossible. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly as\nthe intense rainfall rates expand eastward.\n\nHAZARD...Flash flooding.\n\nSOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.\n\nIMPACT...Rapid-onset flooding of creeks, streams, drainage\nditches, streets, underpasses, low-lying areas, and\nother poor drainage areas.\n\nSome locations that will experience flash flooding include...\nAurora, Joliet, Plainfield, Oswego, Yorkville, Plano, Sandwich,\nMontgomery, Boulder Hill, Newark, Millington, Millbrook, Bristol\nand Little Rock.\n\n## Instructions\nA Flash Flood Warning means rapid-onset flooding is imminent or may\nalready be occurring. Persons along creeks, drainage ditches, and\nother waterways should take immediate precautions to protect life\nand property.\n\nTurn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood\ndeaths occur in vehicles."}