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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
713 AM CDT FRI AUG 14 2026
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FORD IL-IROQUOIS IL-
713 AM CDT FRI AUG 14 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...SOUTHERN FORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHWESTERN IROQUOIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* WHEN...UNTIL 115 PM CDT FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. ROADS AND
STREETS MAY BE FLOODED. HIGH WATER MAY RECEDE SLOWLY FROM FLOODED
AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 710 AM CDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOODED ROADS AND
BASEMENTS IN THE WARNED AREA DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
BETWEEN 2 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PAXTON, GIBSON CITY, MELVIN, LODA, ELLIOTT AND CLARENCE.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR MAY ALREADY BE
OCCURRING. PERSONS ALONG RIVERS, CREEKS, 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 4040 8846 4057 8846 4057 8798 4049 8782
4049 8794 4043 8793 4040 8793
PETR
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