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UPDATED: Road Closures in Orland Park Due to Flooding
While the sun is slowly peaking out, a whole lot of water was left behind, and some streets should be avoided.
Updated, 4:04 p.m.
Updated, 11:27 a.m.
The Orland Park Police Department is urging drivers to avoid the following street areas and intersections because of flooding, after heavy downpours during last night's thunderstorm:
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- Wheeler Avenue at Primrose Lane
- 160th Street and 108th Avenue
- 168th Street and 88th Avenue
- 143rd Street at the Creek Crossing entrance
- Southwest Highway between 131st and 135th streets
- Wolf Road between 167th Street and Brook Hill
- Wolf Road between 143rd Street and 151st Street
- Treetop Avenue at 153rd Street
We will update with more details about closures and openings as they become available. And unless you're driving a monster truck or a James Bond car today, try not to drive through big pockets of standing water.
The National Weather Service released the following update about the storm's path. AT 1045 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA WITH MOSTLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN REMAINING. HOWEVER...RAPID RISES CONTINUE ON THE LITTLE CALUMET RIVER...HART DITCH...AND OTHER STREAMS IN THE
AREA.
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NWS had earlier issued a flash flood warning for Southern Cook County in effect until 11:30 a.m. that goes as follows:
FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN COOK...LEE...
SOUTHERN DUPAGE...SOUTHERN DE KALB...NORTHERN GRUNDY...WILL...
SOUTHERN OGLE...NORTHERN LA SALLE...KENDALL AND SOUTHERN KANE
COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 AM CDT...
AT 942 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OUT OF THE AREA WITH A FEW AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN REMAINING. RADAR ESTIMATED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL GENERALLY RANGED BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
AURORA...BATAVIA...BOLINGBROOK...BURR RIDGE...CHANNAHON...CHICAGO HEIGHTS...DE KALB...DIXON...DOWNERS GROVE...DUPAGE AIRPORT... FLOSSMOOR...FRANKFORT...GENEVA...GLENWOOD...HOMER GLEN...INGALLS PARK...JOLIET...LA SALLE...LEMONT...LISLE...LITTLE ROCK...LOCKPORT...
MARSEILLES...MATTESON...MENDOTA...MIDLOTHIAN...MINOOKA...MOKENA...
MORRIS AND NAPERVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS... UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS.
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.
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