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Part of: Putnam County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flood Warning issued August 15 at 8:04AM CDT until August 15 at 5:00PM CDT by NWS Chicago IL
This is a severe-significance flood warning event affecting Ford, IL, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 162,665 acres
- Began
- To end
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- Forecast discussion NWS LOT
Area Forecast Discussion
Showers expected through Saturday morning with another round of storms likely late tonight into Sunday.
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Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville, IL 1237 PM CDT Sat Aug 15 2026
.KEY MESSAGES...
- Showers are expected at times through this evening with the greatest coverage this morning.
- Another round of showers and thunderstorms likely late tonight into Sunday.
- A brief break in the stormy pattern is expected Monday into Tuesday before another storm system moves through towards midweek.
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.DISCUSSION... Issued at 123 AM CDT Sat Aug 15 2026
A shortwave trough is pivoting across eastern IA and northern MO and will eventually traverse across northern IL and northwest IN later tonight into Saturday morning. Ahead of the wave, isolated to widely scattered showers and sprinkles continue to fester over IL and IN but with the very limited forcing and instability their intensity is meager to say the least. Closer to the shortwave, however, an axis of thunderstorms is developing near the IA-MO border along a remnant outflow boundary from last night's storms. These storms are expected to become more widespread in coverage and spread east across north- central IL and northwest IN through the night and will linger into Saturday…
- Storm report NWS ILX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 3 ESE Central Illinois, IL
Water over the road at Kickapoo Creek on N 2100 East Road, east-southeast of Bloomington.
- Storm report NWS ILX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 SW Danville, IL
Ellsworth Park closed due to flooding.
- Storm report NWS ILX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 2 N Catlin, IL
Road closed due to water over the road.
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- NWS Chicago IL Bulletin
- wandtv.com News
- 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
- oilcity.news News
As parts of Casper flood, NWS issues flood advisory through 1 p.m.
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.