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Flash Flood Warning in Lee 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.