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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
226 PM CDT THU APR 11 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN IL HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ILLINOIS...
EMBARRAS RIVER AT LAWRENCEVILLE AFFECTING LAWRENCE COUNTY.
.THE FOLLOWING FORECASTS ARE BASED ON OBSERVED PRECIPITATION, SOIL
MOISTURE CONDITIONS, AND FORECAST PRECIPITATION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PERSONS WITH INTERESTS ALONG THIS RIVER NEED TO REMAIN AWARE OF THE
LATEST FORECASTS AND ASSOCIATED FLOOD RISK FOR THEIR AREA. STAY
TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS FLOODING SITUATION.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
ILC101-121130-
/O.NEW.KILX.FL.W.0018.240411T2038Z-240413T0300Z/
/LAWI2.1.ER.240411T2038Z.240412T0600Z.240412T2100Z.NO/
226 PM CDT THU APR 11 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...EMBARRAS RIVER AT LAWRENCEVILLE.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TOMORROW EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 30.0 FEET, MINOR AGRICULTURAL FLOODING BEGINS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1:45 PM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 29.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 30.4 FEET JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 30.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (1 PM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME FRI SAT SUN
EMBARRAS RIVER
LAWRENCEVILLE 30.0 29.8 THU 1 PM CDT 30.1 29.4 28.8
LAT...LON 3885 8786 3885 8773 3869 8759 3862 8765
BUMGARDNER
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