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WGUS73 KLOT 151022
FFSLOT
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
522 AM CDT SAT AUG 15 2026
ILC053-151315-
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FORD IL-
522 AM CDT SAT AUG 15 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CDT THIS
MORNING FOR SOUTHERN FORD COUNTY...
AT 522 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 1.5 TO 3
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ON ALREADY SATURATED SOILS. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING, WITH BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTING SEVERAL
FLOODED STREETS AND BASEMENTS IN PAXTON.
HAZARD...SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR, AUTOMATED GAUGES AND BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTS.
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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