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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
726 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.
* AT 726 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP 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...
ROCKFORD, LOVES PARK, MACHESNEY PARK, ROSCOE, SOUTH BELOIT,
ROCKTON, ROCKFORD AIRPORT, CHERRY VALLEY, WINNEBAGO, DAVIS
JUNCTION, PECATONICA, LAKE SUMMERSET, DURAND, NEW MILFORD, SEWARD,
HARRISON AND SHIRLAND.
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 4215 8917 4220 8917 4220 8940 4250 8940
4250 8894 4215 8894
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
- IZZI
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