# Flood Watch: Ogle; Lee; De Kalb; La Salle; Kendall; Grundy; Kankakee; Livingston; Iroquois; Ford; Northern Will; Southern Will; Eastern Will; Newton; Jasper; Benton — retained record

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-08-13 20:52 ingested 2026-08-14 07:28

[original source ↗](http://www.weather.gov/)

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Flood Watch — Ogle; Lee; De Kalb; La Salle; Kendall; Grundy; Kankakee; Livingston; Iroquois; Ford; Northern Will; Southern Will; Eastern Will; Newton; Jasper; Benton
Severity: Severe. Certainty: Possible.
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.

* WHERE...Portions of Illinois, including the following areas, De
Kalb, Eastern Will, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Kendall, La
Salle, Lee, Livingston, Northern Will, Ogle and Southern Will and
northwest Indiana, including the following areas, Benton, Jasper
and Newton.

* WHEN...Through Friday morning.

* IMPACTS...Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- The potential remains for repeated rounds of showers and
thunderstorms developing north of a stalled surface front.
Localized rainfall rates may exceed 2 inches per hour over
portions of northern Illinois and northwest Indiana tonight into
early Friday morning. Portions of the watch area received as much
as 2 to 4 inches of rainfall over the past few days and will be
more susceptible to flooding with any additional heavy rainfall.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record. The original extract is preserved above; the exact alert link was not retained.