780  
WGUS73 KLOT 180113  
FFSLOT  
 
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
813 PM CDT SUN AUG 17 2025  
 
ILC099-180300-  
/O.CON.KLOT.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-250818T0300Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
LA SALLE IL-  
813 PM CDT SUN AUG 17 2025  
 
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS  
EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL LA SALLE COUNTY...  
 
AT 813 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS  
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE MOVING AWAY FROM THE  
WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. LIGHT TO  
MODERATE RAIN WILL END BY 9 PM WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP A  
QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA BETWEEN 815 PM AND 9 PM.  
RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN FLASH  
FLOODING.  
 
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.  
 
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  
 

 
 
- IZZI  
 
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