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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1155 AM CDT FRI AUG 14 2026
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FORD IL-IROQUOIS IL-
1155 AM CDT FRI AUG 14 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...SOUTHERN FORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHWESTERN IROQUOIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* WHEN...UNTIL 1000 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 1153 AM CDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LOCAL OFFICIALS RECENTLY
REPORTED THAT WIDESPREAD FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA HAS
BEGUN TO RECEDE. OFF AND ON SHOWER ACTIVITY OVER THE NEXT FEW
HOURS IS UNLIKELY TO CAUSE NEW FLOODING, BUT SOME STREAMS ARE
LIKELY TO CONTINUE RISING OR REMAIN ELEVATED DUE TO OVERNIGHT
RAINFALL.
- DRUMMER CREEK SOUTH OF GIBSON CITY IS LIKELY NEAR CREST, AND
MIDDLE FORK VERMILION RIVER SOUTH OF PAXTON IS LIKELY SLOWLY
RISING WITH A CREST POSSIBLE LATER TODAY.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PAXTON, GIBSON CITY, MELVIN, LODA, ELLIOTT AND CLARENCE.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES...
MIDDLE FORK VERMILION RIVER, SPRING CREEK, BIG FOUR DITCH,
DRUMMER CREEK, DICKERSON SLOUGH.
- 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.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 4040 8846 4057 8846 4057 8798 4049 8782
4049 8794 4043 8793 4040 8793
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