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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
232 AM CDT MON AUG 10 2026
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GRUNDY IL-LA SALLE IL-LIVINGSTON IL-
232 AM CDT MON AUG 10 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...NORTHEASTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
EAST CENTRAL LA SALLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN GRUNDY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
* WHEN...UNTIL 700 AM CDT.
* IMPACTS...CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. FLOODING
MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS. SLOW MOVING OR STANDING
WATER MAY CONTINUE. HIGH WATER LIKELY MAY RECEDE SLOWLY FROM
FLOODED AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 228 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAINFALL HAD
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OCCURRED
ACROSS THE AREA, WITH RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES OBSERVED
NEAR DWIGHT. WATER WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE FROM FIELDS, YARDS, AND
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME STREAMS MAY CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO
EARLIER RAINFALL AS RUNOFF MOVES DOWNSTREAM.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
OTTAWA, STREATOR, DWIGHT, GARDNER, MAZON, GRAND RIDGE, SOUTH
WILMINGTON, RANSOM, VERONA, CAMPUS, EAST BROOKLYN AND KINSMAN.
- THIS INCLUDES THE HEADWATERS OF THE MAZON RIVER, OTTER CREEK, AND
COVEL CREEK.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR MAY ALREADY BE
OCCURRING. PERSONS ALONG RIVERS, CREEKS, AND OTHER WATERWAYS SHOULD
TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 4111 8870 4113 8884 4117 8886 4119 8882
4121 8882 4124 8889 4130 8892 4133 8885
4132 8879 4124 8866 4124 8854 4134 8836
4130 8831 4122 8828 4116 8826 4107 8826
4101 8830 4100 8845 4105 8859
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