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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
625 AM CDT SAT AUG 15 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN FORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHWESTERN IROQUOIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 815 AM CDT.
* AT 625 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...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...
MELVIN, LODA, ROBERTS AND SIBLEY.
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
4048 8794 4048 8846 4062 8846
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
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