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Part of: Putnam County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued August 15 at 1:50AM CDT until August 15 at 6:45AM 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
- ≈ 237,634 acres
- Began
- To end
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Ford, IL; Iroquois, IL · ≈ 370 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.
- Storm report NWS ILX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — Tremont, IL
6 inches of water flowing over E Pearl Street.
- Storm report NWS ILX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — Bloomington, IL
Several flooded roads reported on Douglas Street and viaducts underwater, relayed by broadcast media from viewer.
- Storm report NWS ILX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 W Normal, IL
Adelaide and Bryan streets in Bloomington are impassible and underwater, relayed by broadcast media from viewer.
- Bulletin NWS Chicago IL
Flash Flood Warning issued
Ford, IL; Iroquois, IL
Show 7 earlier updates
- wandtv.com News
- NWS ILX storm report Storm report
- NWS ILX storm report Storm report
- The Republic News News
UPDATES: Latest Bartholomew County road closures from flooding; flood warnings extended
- CBS News News
Flood Watch issued for Chicago area through Saturday morning with more storms overnight
- Oil City News News
As parts of Casper flood, NWS issues flood advisory through 1 p.m.
- Virginia Mercury News
What candidates have planned for Virginia’s coast could decide a key congressional race
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.