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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
323 AM CDT SAT AUG 15 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN FORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 815 AM CDT.
* AT 323 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO
2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO
2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY
OCCURRING, WITH BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTING SEVERAL FLOODED STREETS
AND FLOODED BASEMENTS IN PAXTON.
HAZARD...SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTED.
IMPACT...RAPID-ONSET, SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF CREEKS, STREAMS,
DRAINAGE DITCHES, LOW-LYING AREAS, AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS. WIDESPREAD STREET AND UNDERPASS FLOODING. POSSIBLE
FLOODING OF STRUCTURES. POSSIBLE FLOODING OF HIGHWAYS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
PAXTON, GIBSON CITY, ELLIOTT AND CLARENCE.
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 4049 8846 4049 8812 4049 8801 4049 8799
4049 8794 4048 8794 4040 8793 4040 8812
4040 8833 4040 8846
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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