482  
WGUS73 KLOT 190013  
FFSLOT  
 
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
713 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2025  
 
ILC037-103-190130-  
/O.CON.KLOT.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-250819T0130Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
DE KALB IL-LEE IL-  
713 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2025  
 
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT THIS  
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN DE KALB AND CENTRAL LEE COUNTIES...  
 
AT 713 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 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA OVER THE NEXT  
HOUR.  
 
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, LAKE HOLIDAY, HINCKLEY, SOMONAUK, WOODHAVEN  
LAKES, LEE, STEWARD 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 4170 8930 4164 8929 4163 8917 4158 8917  
4158 8956 4181 8931 4186 8916 4188 8860  
4163 8860 4163 8874 4180 8875 4179 8920  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED  
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR  
 
 
 
WSL  
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