...HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT CONTINUES EARLY THIS MORNING...

.SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FOUND THIS MORNING. HIGH AMOUNTS
OF ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE WILL LEAD TO THE THREAT FOR HIGH RAINFALL
RATES AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS
MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND IOWA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS, IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS, CARROLL, JO DAVIESS,
STEPHENSON, AND WHITESIDE. IN IOWA, BENTON, BUCHANAN, CLINTON,
DELAWARE, DUBUQUE, JACKSON, JONES, AND LINN.

* UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING

* LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF UP TO 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE.

* REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER LEVELS AND POSSIBLE
FLOODING IF YOU ARE NEAR A RIVER, STREAM, OR LOW LYING AREA.
BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
MONITOR FORECASTS AND TAKE ACTION IF FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE
ISSUED OR FLASH FLOODING DEVELOPS.

&&

...AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY...

.A HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS WILL BUILD ACROSS THE MIDWEST THROUGH
SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S WILL COMBINE WITH HUMIDITY TO
PUSH HEAT INDICES INTO THE 100 TO 110 RANGE THROUGH SATURDAY.

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SATURDAY...

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...RANGING FROM 100 TO 110.

* TIMING...THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY MAY CAUSE HEAT STRESS DURING
OUTDOOR EXERTION OR EXTENDED EXPOSURE. THE VERY YOUNG, ELDERLY,
THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING, AND THOSE PARTICIPATING IN
STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE.
VEHICLE INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF
MINUTES. NEVER LEAVE PETS, CHILDREN OR THE ELDERLY UNATTENDED IN
PARKED VEHICLES. THE EXTENDED PERIOD OF HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY
WILL WORSEN THE EFFECTS OF HEAT STRESS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL OCCUR.  THIS
COMBINATION WILL LEAD TO A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT
ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY.  DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS, STAY IN AN AIR-
CONDITIONED ROOM, STAY OUT OF THE SUN, AND CHECK ON RELATIVES AND
NEIGHBORS, ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE.  WHEN
POSSIBLE, RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING.  KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE.  WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS.  ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION.  HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY, CALL 9 1 1.

&&