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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
717 PM CDT SUN AUG 17 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL LA SALLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.
* AT 717 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NEARLY STATIONARY
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
BETWEEN 1 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR. THE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...RAPID-ONSET FLOODING OF CREEKS, STREAMS, DRAINAGE
DITCHES, STREETS, UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING AREAS, AND
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
PERU, LA SALLE, OGLESBY, NORTH UTICA AND CEDAR POINT.
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS STREET FLOODING IN LASALLE AND PERU.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS RAPID-ONSET FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR MAY
ALREADY BE OCCURRING. PERSONS ALONG CREEKS, DRAINAGE DITCHES, AND
OTHER WATERWAYS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE
AND PROPERTY.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 4126 8899 4125 8902 4128 8916 4131 8916
4132 8916 4135 8916 4136 8916 4138 8916
4140 8917 4141 8917 4138 8907 4135 8901
4130 8899
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
- IZZI
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