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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
212 AM CDT SUN SEP 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN LA SALLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
LEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 800 AM CDT.
* AT 212 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES PER HOUR.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
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...
SANDWICH, MENDOTA, AMBOY, SHERIDAN, SHABBONA, LAKE HOLIDAY,
HINCKLEY, SOMONAUK, EARLVILLE, WATERMAN, SERENA, LELAND, PAW PAW,
SUBLETTE, WOODHAVEN LAKES, MILLINGTON, LEE, COMPTON, TROY GROVE,
NELSON, WEST BROOKLYN, HARMON, TRIUMPH, PRAIRIE CENTER AND LEE
CENTER.
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 4180 8963 4179 8860 4145 8860 4145 8917
4158 8917 4158 8950 4159 8963
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1.5-2.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
PETR
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