{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.854dce4b51734a095099f83b450300a712655f2d.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Flash Flood Warning issued July 4 at 4:19PM CDT until July 4 at 9:15PM 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%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.854dce4b51734a095099f83b450300a712655f2d.001.1","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":224,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Flash Flood Warning: Flash Flood Warning issued July 4 at 4:19PM CDT until July 4 at 9:15PM CDT by NWS Chicago IL\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Cook, IL; Will, IL; Lake, IN\n**Issued by:** NWS Chicago IL\n**Sent:** 2026-07-04T16:19:00-05:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-04T16:19:00-05:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-04T21:15:00-05:00\n\n## Description\nFFWLOT\n\nThe National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a\n\n* Flash Flood Warning for...\nSoutheastern Cook County in northeastern Illinois...\nEastern Will County in northeastern Illinois...\nNorthwestern Lake IN County in northwestern Indiana...\n\n* Until 915 PM CDT.\n\n* At 419 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing\nrainfall rates of up to 2 to 3 inches per hour overspreading the\nwarned area. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly after the\nonset of heavy rainfall.\n\nHAZARD...Flash flooding.\n\nSOURCE...Radar.\n\nIMPACT...Rapid-onset flooding of creeks, streams, drainage\nditches, streets, underpasses, low-lying areas, and\nother poor drainage areas.\n\n* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...\nChicago, Joliet, Hammond, Orland Park, Tinley Park, Oak Lawn,\nCalumet City, Woodridge, Chicago Heights, Roseland, Chicago Lawn,\nEnglewood, South Shore, Burbank, Lansing, Oak Forest, Harvey, New\nLenox, Homer Glen and Blue Island.\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."}