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Part of: Putnam County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flood Warning issued August 15 at 7:14AM CDT until August 18 at 1:00PM CDT by NWS Quad Cities IA IL
This is a severe-significance flood warning event affecting Hancock, IL; McDonough, IL, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 63,982 acres
- Began
- To end
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- Forecast discussion NWS DVN
Area Forecast Discussion
Showers and storms possible this evening with isolated flash flooding risk where soil remains saturated from previous heavy rain.
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000 FXUS63 KDVN 152338 AFDDVN
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL 638 PM CDT Sat Aug 15 2026
.KEY MESSAGES...
- Chances for showers/storms return this evening and overnight as a weak cold front arrives in the area.
- High pressure will bring a period of much needed quiet and dry weather Sunday through Monday, prior to the pattern becoming more active Tuesday through midweek.
- Strong to severe storms are possible Tuesday, as a much more potent cold front arrives into the region.
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.SHORT TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... Issued at 113 PM CDT Sat Aug 15 2026
Low level moisture remains plentiful over the region in the wake of the overnight storms and heavy rain. These rains fell in the southern 1/2 of the area, and were heaviest in our far southern counties. We now have saturated conditions found south of I-80, and rather wet soil conditions found to the north. This antecedent condition will keep the threat for isolated flash flooding possible for any slow moving or strong thunderstorm tonight.
We do have the treat for additional storms tonight, but with a much smaller footprint of heavy rainfall expected, and reasonable confidence it will be a narro…
- Storm report NWS ILX storm report
FLOOD — 4 NNW Hopedale, IL
Iron Mountain Rd is impassable at Prairie Creek due to deep water flowing across the road.
- Storm report NWS ILX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 4 N Smithfield, IL
Farm fields flooded near Put Creek.
- Storm report NWS DVN storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 4 WSW Fort Madison, IA
Roads closed due to water over the roadway from area creeks.
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- NWS ILX storm report Storm report
- NWS DVN storm report Storm report
- NWS Quad Cities IA IL Bulletin
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- Yahoo Sports News
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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 ↗.