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Heavy Rainfall and Flooding in South Florida and the Southern Rockies

A stationary front will continue to bring heavy to excessive rainfall to South Florida into Saturday with localized and urban flooding possible. Heavy to excessive rainfall is forecast through Saturday over the southern Rockies into the southern Plains. Instances of flash flooding are possible, especially in higher terrain and burn scars. Read More >

 

This page serves as a launching pad to NWS preparedness information. There is NWS-wide content available at the robust weather.gov/safety that we highly recommend. Some further preparedness content localized for northern Illinois, including Chicago, and northwest Indiana can be found below.

 

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NWS Preparedness Weeks Schedule

Building a Weather Ready Nation (English)

Building a Weather Ready Nation (Spanish)

Spanish Weather Safety Page  (NWS Paducah)

NWS Chicago Headline Criteria