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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1010 PM CDT WED APR 15 2026
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BOONE IL-WINNEBAGO IL-
1010 PM CDT WED APR 15 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT THURSDAY
FOR BOONE AND WINNEBAGO COUNTIES...
AT 1010 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT
BETWEEN 1.25 AND 1.80 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF
WINNEBAGO AND FAR NORTHWEST BOONE COUNTIES OVER THE PAST TWO HOURS.
THIS IS IN ADDITION TO IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES OF RAIN WHICH
OCCURRED ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY EVENING.
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...
ROCKFORD, BELVIDERE, LOVES PARK, MACHESNEY PARK, ROSCOE, SOUTH
BELOIT, ROCKTON, POPLAR GROVE, ROCKFORD AIRPORT, CANDLEWICK LAKE,
CHERRY VALLEY, WINNEBAGO, DAVIS JUNCTION, PECATONICA, LAKE
SUMMERSET, DURAND, CAPRON, TIMBERLANE, NEW MILFORD AND GARDEN
PRAIRIE.
THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS MOVED SOUTHEAST OF THE WARNED AREA IN THE
PAST HOUR, THOUGH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WITH RATES UP TO A QUARTER OF
AN INCH PER HOUR MAY CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
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 4220 8940 4250 8940 4249 8871 4215 8871
4215 8917 4220 8917
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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