# Flash Flood Warning: Ford, IL; Iroquois, IL; Benton, IN — 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 01:28 ingested 2026-08-14 07:27

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Flash Flood Warning — Ford, IL; Iroquois, IL; Benton, IN
Severity: Severe. Certainty: Likely.
At 128 AM CDT /228 AM EDT/, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges
indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area.
Between 1 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall
rate is 1.5 to 3 inches in 1 hour, with the highest rates across
parts of southern Ford and Iroquois counties. 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 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...
Paxton, Gibson City, Fowler, Otterbein, Oxford, Cissna Park,
Boswell, Buckley, Stockland, Melvin, Loda, Roberts, Elliott,
Sibley, Wellington, Ambia, Clarence, Claytonville and Dunnington.

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The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record.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.