853  
WGUS63 KLOT 110837  
FFALOT  
 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
337 AM CDT FRI JUL 11 2025  
 
ILZ003-004-008-010-111645-  
/O.NEW.KLOT.FA.A.0004.250711T1900Z-250712T0300Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-OGLE-LEE-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ROCHELLE, OREGON, BYRON, BELVIDERE,  
DIXON, AND ROCKFORD  
337 AM CDT FRI JUL 11 2025  
 
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS  
EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING EXCESSIVE  
RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...A PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS, INCLUDING THE  
FOLLOWING COUNTIES, BOONE, LEE, OGLE AND WINNEBAGO.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 2 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. FLOODING  
MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS. ROADS AND STREETS MAY  
BE FLOODED.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS  
AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE  
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER  
HOUR. IF STORMS PERSIST OVER A GIVEN AREA FOR A COUPLE OF  
HOURS, THEN THOSE ISOLATED LOCATIONS COULD SEE RAINFALL  
TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  
RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE WOULD LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH  
FLOODING, PARTICULARLY IF IT OCCURS IN AREAS THAT SAW HEAVY  
RAINFALL AND FLOODING THURSDAY.  
- 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.  
 

 
 

 
 
- IZZI  
 
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