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

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-08-10 01:52 ingested 2026-08-10 07:28

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

The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
North Central Ford County in east central Illinois...
Northern Iroquois County in east central Illinois...
Southwestern Kankakee County in northeastern Illinois...

* Until 445 AM CDT.

* At 152 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated slow moving thunderstorms
with rainfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour moving into an area
that already received 1.5 inches of rainfall due to an earlier
storm. 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...
Watseka, Gilman, Herscher, Clifton, Sheldon, Chebanse, Ashkum,
Martinton, Crescent City, Danforth, Donovan and Iroquois.

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The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record.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