{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.f497232c1bfc5bd1e9846538a8f0614ab7cd1833.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Flash Flood Warning issued July 4 at 3:55PM CDT until July 4 at 7:00PM 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.f497232c1bfc5bd1e9846538a8f0614ab7cd1833.001.1","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":261,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Flash Flood Warning: Flash Flood Warning issued July 4 at 3:55PM CDT until July 4 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Chicago IL\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Cook, IL; DuPage, IL; Kane, IL\n**Issued by:** NWS Chicago IL\n**Sent:** 2026-07-04T15:55:00-05:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-04T15:55:00-05:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-04T19:00:00-05:00\n\n## Description\nFFWLOT\n\nThe National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a\n\n* Flash Flood Warning for...\nNorthwestern Cook County in northeastern Illinois...\nNorthwestern DuPage County in northeastern Illinois...\nNortheastern Kane County in northeastern Illinois...\n\n* Until 700 PM CDT.\n\n* At 355 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated\nthunderstorms producing rainfall rates of up to 2 to 3 inches per\nhour. Up to 3 inches of rain have fallen in portions of far\nnortheast Kane County. 1 inch of rain was reported in about 15\nminutes in Barlett. Flash flooding is already occurring according\nto reports from the Elgin area.\n\nHAZARD...Significant flash flooding.\n\nSOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.\n\nIMPACT...Rapid-onset, significant flooding of creeks, streams,\ndrainage ditches, low-lying areas, and poor drainage\nareas. Widespread street and underpass flooding.\nPossible flooding of structures. Possible flooding of\nhighways.\n\n* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...\nElgin, Schaumburg, Wheaton, Hoffman Estates, Bartlett, Streamwood,\nCarol Stream, Hanover Park, Carpentersville, St. Charles,\nAlgonquin, West Chicago, Huntley, Campton Hills, Roselle,\nBloomingdale, South Elgin, Winfield, Pingree Grove and Gilberts.\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."}