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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
150 AM CDT SAT AUG 15 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
FORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHWESTERN IROQUOIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 645 AM CDT.
* AT 150 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
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...
PAXTON, GIBSON CITY, MELVIN, LODA, ROBERTS, ELLIOTT, SIBLEY AND
CLARENCE.
ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING.
GIVEN SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS, FLOODING IMPACTS
WILL INCREASE QUICKLY.
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.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 4062 8823 4061 8812 4049 8793 4049 8794
4040 8793 4040 8846 4062 8846
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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