#NWS #flood #nwsflashflood #FlashFloodWarning Flash Flood Warning for Ford, IL; Iroquois, IL #ILwx FFWLOT The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Ford County in east central Illinois... Southwestern Iroquois County in […] [Original post on ai6yr.org]
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Flash Flood Warning issued August 15 at 1:50AM CDT until August 15 at 6:45AM CDT by NWS Chicago ILFFWLOT The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Ford County in east central Illinois... Southwestern Iroquois County in east central Illinois... * Until 645 AM CDT. * At 150 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to 1 inch of rain has fallen. 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. 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... Paxton, Gibson City, Melvin, Loda, Roberts, Elliott, Sibley and Clarence. Additional rounds of thunderstorms are expected early this morning. Given significant rainfall over the past two days, flooding impacts will increase quickly.