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...FLASH FLOOD RISK TONIGHT...

.THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT INTO
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE AND MAY COME DOWN AT 1 TO
2 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS KIND OF RAINFALL CAN PRODUCE RAPIDLY
RISING WATER ALONG SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. FLASH FLOODING IS
ALSO POSSIBLE IN URBAN AREAS DUE TO HIGH RAINFALL RATES.

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY 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.

* THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING

* LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH RAINFALL RATES OF
1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR.

* BE PREPARED 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.

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...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, ESPECIALLY FROM
THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. IT IS POSSIBLE THIS HEAT WILL CONTINUE
INTO THE LATE WEEKEND, BUT CONFIDENCE OF THIS REMAINS LOW AT THIS
TIME.

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

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...RANGING FROM 100 TO 110. RAIN THURSDAY
MORNING MAY HOLD TEMPERATURES DOWN THURSDAY MORNING.

* TIMING...THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES MAY OCCUR DUE TO THE
PROLONGED PERIOD OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY.

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.

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