{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.c0685fccfde9effca89799b9ca9f220434574273.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Flash Flood Warning issued July 4 at 5:18PM CDT until July 4 at 8:30PM 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.c0685fccfde9effca89799b9ca9f220434574273.001.1","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":210,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Flash Flood Warning: Flash Flood Warning issued July 4 at 5:18PM CDT until July 4 at 8:30PM CDT by NWS Chicago IL\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Cook, IL\n**Issued by:** NWS Chicago IL\n**Sent:** 2026-07-04T17:18:00-05:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-04T17:18:00-05:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-04T20:30:00-05:00\n\n## Description\nFFWLOT\n\nThe National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a\n\n* Flash Flood Warning for...\nNortheastern Cook County in northeastern Illinois...\n\n* Until 830 PM CDT.\n\n* At 518 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing\nrainfall rates of up to 2 to 3 inches per hour lifting northward\nacross the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to begin\nshortly after the onset of heavy rain.\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, Cicero, Evanston, Skokie, Des Plaines, Berwyn, Oak Park,\nOhare Airport, Park Ridge, Niles, Austin, Irving Park, South\nLawndale, West Town, Lake View, Lincoln Park, West Ridge,\nBridgeport, Chicago Loop and Melrose Park.\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."}