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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
241 AM CDT SAT AUG 15 2026
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FORD IL-IROQUOIS IL-
241 AM CDT SAT AUG 15 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM CDT THIS
MORNING FOR FORD AND SOUTHWESTERN IROQUOIS COUNTIES...
AT 241 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 2
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY
OCCURRING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR, AUTOMATED GAUGES AND BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTS.
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 AND GAUGE INDICATED
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