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Flash Flood Warning

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La Salle, IL

Status In Progress Started about 1 hour ago
Ends
Issued
Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Likely

Details

At 1249 AM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated that heavy rainfall had moved out of the area. Up to 3 inches of rainfall occurred due to earlier thunderstorms near Earlville and Ottawa. Some streams will likely continue to rise over the next few hours, and standing water may be slow to recede in some areas.
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... Ottawa, Marseilles, Sheridan, Seneca, Earlville, Serena, Dayton, Wedron, Harding, Prairie Center, Norway and Triumph.
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