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WGUS63 KLOT 190756
FFALOT
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
256 AM CDT WED AUG 19 2026
ILZ032-033-039-INZ019-191700-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF OXFORD, PONTIAC, GIBSON CITY, PAXTON, FOWLER,
DWIGHT, GILMAN, WATSEKA, AND FAIRBURY
256 AM CDT WED AUG 19 2026 /356 AM EDT WED AUG 19 2026/
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /2 PM EDT/ THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES,
FORD, IROQUOIS AND LIVINGSTON AND NORTHWEST INDIANA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTY, BENTON.
* WHEN...FROM 1 PM CDT /2 PM EDT/ THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. ROADS AND
STREETS MAY BE FLOODED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- A NARROW WEST TO EAST ORIENTED CORRIDOR OF TRAINING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING
WHERE RECENT HEAVY RAINS HAVE LEFT THE AREA MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO
FLOODING. RAINFALL RATES MAY LOCALLY EXCEED 1 TO 2 INCHES WHICH
MAY LEAD TO FLOODING WHERE STORMS MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME
AREAS.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING MEANS RAPID-ONSET FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE, BUT NOT YET CERTAIN, BASED UPON THE LATEST FORECASTS. FLASH
FLOODING IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. PERSONS WITH INTERESTS ALONG AREA
RIVERS, CREEKS, AND OTHER WATERWAYS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
PETR
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