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WGUS43 KLOT 151304
FLWLOT
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
804 AM CDT SAT AUG 15 2026
ILC053-152200-
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FORD IL-
804 AM CDT SAT AUG 15 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...SOUTHERN FORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* WHEN...UNTIL 500 PM CDT SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF CREEKS, STREAMS, DRAINAGE
DITCHES, LOW-LYING AREAS, AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. WIDESPREAD
STREET AND UNDERPASS FLOODING. POSSIBLE FLOODING OF STRUCTURES.
HIGH WATER WILL SLOWLY RECEDE FROM FLOODED AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 757 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL FROM
THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING, WITH BROADCAST MEDIA EARLY
REPORTING SEVERAL FLOODED STREETS AND FLOODED BASEMENTS IN
PAXTON. BETWEEN 2 AND 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PAXTON, GIBSON CITY, ELLIOTT AND CLARENCE.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR MAY ALREADY BE
OCCURRING. PERSONS ALONG RIVERS, CREEKS, 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.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 4057 8846 4056 8818 4049 8813 4049 8794
4040 8793 4040 8846
BIRK
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