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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Chicago IL
126 PM CDT Sat Aug 5 2023

The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southeastern Ford County in east central Illinois...
  Iroquois County in east central Illinois...

* Until 630 PM CDT.

* At 126 PM CDT, doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 
  thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 
  2 and 4 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 
  1.5 to 2 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts up to 2 
  inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing 
  or expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding.

  SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

  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...
  Watseka, Paxton, Gilman, Milford, Onarga, Sheldon, Cissna Park, 
  Piper City, Buckley, Stockland, Crescent City, Loda, Roberts, 
  Woodland, Wellington, Thawville, Clarence and Claytonville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 4040 8823 4077 8824 4081 8783 4081 8753
      4049 8753 4049 8794 4040 8793

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1.5-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

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