<alert><identifier>urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f4525f02e30ae7ddf00453205626efd9aa269ff5.001.1.IPAWS</identifier><sender>w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov</sender><sent>2025-08-18T18:01:00-05:00</sent><status>Actual</status><msgType>Alert</msgType><scope>Public</scope><code>IPAWSv1.0</code><info><language>en-US</language><category>Met</category><event>Flash Flood Warning</event><responseType>Avoid</responseType><urgency>Immediate</urgency><severity>Severe</severity><certainty>Likely</certainty><eventCode><valueName>SAME</valueName><value>FFW</value></eventCode><eventCode><valueName>NationalWeatherService</valueName><value>FFW</value></eventCode><effective>2025-08-18T18:01:00-05:00</effective><onset>2025-08-18T18:01:00-05:00</onset><expires>2025-08-18T21:00:00-05:00</expires><senderName>NWS Chicago IL</senderName><headline>Flash Flood Warning issued August 18 at 6:01PM CDT until August 18 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Chicago IL</headline><description>FFWLOT

The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southwestern De Kalb County in north central Illinois...
Southeastern Lee County in north central Illinois...

* Until 900 PM CDT.

* At 601 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area with
rates up to 2-3 inches per hour. Thunderstorms are continuing to
develop across the same areas, with up to 3.5 inches of rain so
far near West Brooklyn, Compton, and Paw Paw. Additional rainfall
amounts up to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flood
severity is expected to worsen shortly.

HAZARD...Significant flash flooding.

SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

IMPACT...Rapid-onset, significant flooding of creeks, streams,
drainage ditches, low-lying areas, and poor drainage
areas. Widespread street and underpass flooding.
Possible flooding of structures. Possible flooding of
highways.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Shabbona, Waterman, Paw Paw, Sublette, Woodhaven Lakes, Lee,
Compton and West Brooklyn.
</description><instruction>Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
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The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southwestern De Kalb County in north central Illinois...
Southeastern Lee County in north central Illinois...

* Until 900 PM CDT.

* At 601 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area with
rates up to 2-3 inches per hour. Thunderstorms are continuing to
develop across the same areas, with up to 3.5 inches of rain so
far near West Brooklyn, Compton, and Paw Paw. Additional rainfall
amounts up to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flood
severity is expected to worsen shortly.

HAZARD...Significant flash flooding.

SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

IMPACT...Rapid-onset, significant flooding of creeks, streams,
drainage ditches, low-lying areas, and poor drainage
areas. Widespread street and underpass flooding.
Possible flooding of structures. Possible flooding of
highways.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Shabbona, Waterman, Paw Paw, Sublette, Woodhaven Lakes, Lee,
Compton and West Brooklyn.
</description><instruction>Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
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