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UPDATED: Flash Flood Warning Extended for Arlington Heights, Neighboring Suburbs
A flash flood warning remains in effect until Thursday at 10 a.m. Flooding in the village was intense early on, but public works says the stormwater management systems worked well.
UPDATED Wednesday, June 26 4:30 p.m.
The National Weather Service has extended its Flash Flood Warning until Thursday at 10 a.m. for northern Cook and Kane counties, McHenry County, and Lake and Boone counties.
Emergency management agencies continue to report significant flooding across the warning area, according to the National Weather Service, and though no additional heavy rainfall is expected, flooding is projected to be slow in subsiding.
The National Weather Service has extended its Flash Flood Warning until Thursday at 10 a.m. for northern Cook and Kane counties, McHenry County, and Lake and Boone counties.
Emergency management agencies continue to report significant flooding across the warning area, according to the National Weather Service, and though no additional heavy rainfall is expected, flooding is projected to be slow in subsiding.
Some area rivers will continue to rise into Thursday as runoff from smaller tributaries continues, the National Weather Service reports.
EARLIER:
The National Weather Service has extended a Flash Flood Warning for northern Cook County, Lake and McHenry Counties until 4:30 p.m. The warning was previously in effect until 11:30 a.m. Wednesday after storms that registered between four to six inches in northern Chicagoland.
In Arlington Heights, Utility Superintendent Jeff Musinski, said 4.2 inches of rain was measured in various areas of the village, and did cause standing water and basement flooding.
The sections that were hardest hit included portions of N. Arlington Heights Road, north and south of Hintz Road, on Burr Oak in the Dryden area, and Brighton Place just south of Hintz Road, Musinski said.
The public works department took precautions on Tuesday to head off the expected rainfall, and started working at 5 a.m. Wednesday to assist residents.
"At resident requests, we've delivered sandbags, we've been cleaning and opening up catch basins, to make sure there was no debris blocking them," Musinski said.
He added that crews went out to Arlington Lake Tuesday and conducted some standard maintenance so water would flow freely into the lake.
"In some of the areas where we've had flooding problems in the past, the system performed admirably considering the amount of rainfall," Musinski said. "I think that is in part due to very good maintenance of our stormwater management system."
Muskinski said the water seems to be going down at a good pace, and detention ponds in the village are not overflowing.
"We weathered a considerable storm very well," he said.
Did the rain flood your home or neighborhood? Let us know how you fared during and after the storms in the comments section below.
The National Weather Service has extended a Flash Flood Warning for northern Cook County, Lake and McHenry Counties until 4:30 p.m. The warning was previously in effect until 11:30 a.m. Wednesday after storms that registered between four to six inches in northern Chicagoland.
In Arlington Heights, Utility Superintendent Jeff Musinski, said 4.2 inches of rain was measured in various areas of the village, and did cause standing water and basement flooding.
The sections that were hardest hit included portions of N. Arlington Heights Road, north and south of Hintz Road, on Burr Oak in the Dryden area, and Brighton Place just south of Hintz Road, Musinski said.
The public works department took precautions on Tuesday to head off the expected rainfall, and started working at 5 a.m. Wednesday to assist residents.
"At resident requests, we've delivered sandbags, we've been cleaning and opening up catch basins, to make sure there was no debris blocking them," Musinski said.
He added that crews went out to Arlington Lake Tuesday and conducted some standard maintenance so water would flow freely into the lake.
"In some of the areas where we've had flooding problems in the past, the system performed admirably considering the amount of rainfall," Musinski said. "I think that is in part due to very good maintenance of our stormwater management system."
Muskinski said the water seems to be going down at a good pace, and detention ponds in the village are not overflowing.
"We weathered a considerable storm very well," he said.
Did the rain flood your home or neighborhood? Let us know how you fared during and after the storms in the comments section below.
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