{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.859108eafbb84a988dec03d02ffccc13f2006925.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Flash Flood Warning issued July 4 at 3:24PM CDT until July 4 at 8:15PM 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%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.859108eafbb84a988dec03d02ffccc13f2006925.001.1","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":204,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Flash Flood Warning: Flash Flood Warning issued July 4 at 3:24PM CDT until July 4 at 8:15PM CDT by NWS Chicago IL\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** DuPage, IL; Will, IL\n**Issued by:** NWS Chicago IL\n**Sent:** 2026-07-04T15:24:00-05:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-04T15:24:00-05:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-04T20:15:00-05:00\n\n## Description\nFFWLOT\n\nThe National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a\n\n* Flash Flood Warning for...\nSouthern DuPage County in northeastern Illinois...\nNorthwestern Will County in northeastern Illinois...\n\n* Until 815 PM CDT.\n\n* At 324 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing\nrainfall rates of up to 3 inches per hour. Flash flooding is\nexpected to begin shortly after the onset of 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...\nAurora, Joliet, Naperville, Bolingbrook, Orland Park, Wheaton,\nDowners Grove, Lombard, Romeoville, Plainfield, Woodridge, Glen\nEllyn, West Chicago, Batavia, Lockport, New Lenox, Homer Glen,\nHinsdale, Lemont and Burr Ridge.\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."}