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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
526 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
CENTRAL LEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT.
* AT 526 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WITH RATES OF 2-3
INCHES PER HOUR. UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN NEAR COMPTON,
PAW PAW, AND SHABBONA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
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...
SANDWICH, AMBOY, SHABBONA, LAKE HOLIDAY, HINCKLEY, SOMONAUK,
WATERMAN, PAW PAW, SUBLETTE, WOODHAVEN LAKES, LEE, COMPTON,
STEWARD, WEST BROOKLYN AND LEE CENTER.
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.
LAT...LON 4158 8917 4158 8958 4181 8931 4186 8916
4188 8860 4163 8860 4163 8917
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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