Flash Flood Warning in DeKalb County, Illinois
Issued by the National Weather Service and archived by Claims Pages
EXPIRED
9/17/2026 7:07:00 AM (UTC)
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
9/17/2026 7:07:00 AM until 9/17/2026 11:00:00 AM
FFWLOT
The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southern De Kalb County in north central Illinois...
Northern La Salle County in north central Illinois...
Southeastern Lee County in north central Illinois...
* Until 1100 AM CDT.
* At 707 AM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between
2 and 4 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up
to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is
ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
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...
Sandwich, Mendota, Amboy, Sheridan, Lake Holiday, Somonauk,
Earlville, Leland, Paw Paw, Sublette, Woodhaven Lakes, Millington,
Compton and West Brooklyn.