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Part of: Shelby County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued August 14 at 1:21AM CDT until August 14 at 7:15AM CDT by NWS Chicago IL
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Ford, IL; Iroquois, IL, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 303,024 acres
- Began
- To end
Hazard details
- Flash-flood damage threat
- CONSIDERABLE
Damage signals as reported by NOAA / National Weather Service — verbatim, not an estimate.
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Ford, IL; Iroquois, IL · ≈ 470 sq mi reported extent · Enable JavaScript to explore the map.
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Latest updates
Official updates and news coverage for this event, newest first — National Weather Service products, local storm reports, incident updates and press headlines. Official items are verbatim government text; news headlines link out to the original outlet.
- News WTHR
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Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.