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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
710 PM CDT SUN SEP 20 2026
ILC103-211600-
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LEE IL-
710 PM CDT SUN SEP 20 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT MONDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ON THE GREEN RIVER AND
NEARBY TRIBUTARIES CONTINUES.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF LEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* WHEN...UNTIL 1100 AM CDT MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...CREEKS AND STREAMS HAVE RISEN OUT OF THEIR BANKS. ROADS
AND STREETS ARE FLOODED. FLOODING OF STRUCTURES IS OCCURRING. HIGH
WATER MAY BE SLOW TO RECEDE FROM FLOODED AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 654 PM CDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT
FLOODING WAS ONGOING ALONG THE GREEN RIVER. MULTIPLE STRUCTURES
AT AND NEAR O'CONNELL'S RV CAMPGROUND REMAIN SURROUNDED BY FLOOD
WATERS AS OF 700 PM CDT ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH, AND SOME ROADS
IN THE AREA ARE STILL FLOODED AS WELL.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
AMBOY.
- 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.
CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS DURING PERIODS OF
HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING. KNOW YOUR LOCATION RELATIVE TO RIVERS,
STREAMS, OR DRAINAGE AREAS. HEAVY RAINFALL CAN CAUSE QUICK RISES ON
WATERWAYS, INCLUDING TRAILS OR CAMPGROUNDS THAT ARE USUALLY DRY.
LAT...LON 4159 8962 4159 8959 4164 8951 4167 8934
4173 8921 4178 8913 4180 8913 4181 8916
4174 8927 4171 8937 4167 8954 4163 8963
4159 8963
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