# Flash Flood Warning: Ford, IL; Iroquois, IL — retained record

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-08-14 01:21 ingested 2026-08-14 07:27

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Flash Flood Warning — Ford, IL; Iroquois, IL
Severity: Severe. Certainty: Likely.
FFWLOT

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 715 AM CDT.

* At 121 AM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to
3.5 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1.5
to 3 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 4 inches
are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly, with the worst conditions expected near
Gibson City, Elliot, Paxton, Loda, and Clarence.

HAZARD...Significant flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

IMPACT...Rapid-onset, significant flooding of creeks, streams,
drainage ditches, low-lying areas, and poor drainage
areas. Widespread street and underpass flooding. Possible
flooding of structures. Possible flooding of highways.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Paxton, Gibson City, Cissna Park, Buckley, Melvin, Loda, Roberts,
Elliott, Sibley, Clarence and Claytonville.

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