Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings / 2026
Flash Flood Warnings in Illinois, August 2026
56 flash flood warnings in August 2026. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of flash flood warnings reaches back to 1986.
Flash Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in August 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 56
- Busiest day
- August 15, 202614 flash flood warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 6:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOT | Kendall, Will | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 7:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage | 92 min |
| Aug 1, 1:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 10:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOT | Lee | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 11:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOT | Grundy, LaSalle, Livingston | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 12:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOT | LaSalle | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 1:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOT | Ford, Kankakee, Livingston | 91 min |
| Aug 10, 1:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee | 58 min |
| Aug 12, 7:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Rock Island | 94 min |
| Aug 12, 9:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOT | Grundy, Kankakee, Kendall, LaSalle, Will | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 2:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, DeWitt, McLean, Piatt | 2 hr |
| Aug 13, 2:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 2 hr |
| Aug 13, 11:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Woodford | 4 hr |
| Aug 14, 12:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 12 hr |
| Aug 14, 12:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 1:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois | 6 hr |
| Aug 14, 1:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, McLean | 7 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 6 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Henderson, Warren | 6 hr |
| Aug 14, 4:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Peoria, Tazewell | 6 hr |
| Aug 14, 4:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Henderson, Mercer, Warren | 6 hr |
| Aug 14, 5:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Piatt | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 6:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Edgar | 11 hr |
| Aug 14, 8:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 10:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Logan, Mason, Menard, Sangamon | 4 hr |
| Aug 14, 11:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 7 hr |
| Aug 15, 12:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Hancock | 6 hr |
| Aug 15, 1:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | McLean | 6 hr |
| Aug 15, 1:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois | 6 hr |
| Aug 15, 1:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Henderson, McDonough, Warren | 6 hr |
| Aug 15, 2:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | McLean | 5 hr |
| Aug 15, 2:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | McLean | 6 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Henderson | 5 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign | 5 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOT | Ford | 5 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 4 hr |
| Aug 15, 5:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 8 hr |
| Aug 15, 8:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | McLean | 5 hr |
| Aug 15, 8:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | McLean | 4 hr |
| Aug 15, 9:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Mercer | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 4:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Henderson | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 5:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Knox | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 6:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Mercer | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 6:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 6:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Mercer | 113 min |
| Aug 19, 6:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Tazewell, Woodford | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 6:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 7:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Marshall, Stark | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 9:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, DeWitt, Piatt | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 10:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 11:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 11:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Alexander | 5 hr |
| Aug 19, 11:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Pulaski | 6 hr |
| Aug 21, 8:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Bureau, Putnam | 4 hr |
| Aug 21, 8:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOT | LaSalle | 4 hr |
| Aug 21, 8:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Marshall | 3 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Champaign County10
- Vermilion County8
- McLean County7
- Ford County6
- Henderson County5
- LaSalle County4
- Iroquois County4
- Knox County4
- Mercer County4
- Kankakee County3
- DeWitt County3
- Piatt County3
- Marshall County3
- Peoria County3
- Woodford County3
- Warren County3
- Fulton County3
- Tazewell County3
- Kendall County2
- Will County2
- Grundy County2
- Livingston County2
- Stark County2
- Coles County2
- Edgar County2
- Mason County2
- Cook County1
- DuPage County1
- Lee County1
- Rock Island County1
- Douglas County1
- Clark County1
- Cumberland County1
- Cass County1
- Logan County1
- Menard County1
- Sangamon County1
- Hancock County1
- McDonough County1
- Alexander County1
3 more counties
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.