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WGUS43 KILX 181712
FLWILX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1212 PM CDT MON MAY 18 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN IL HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ILLINOIS...
LITTLE WABASH RIVER BELOW CLAY CITY AFFECTING CLAY AND RICHLAND
COUNTIES.
.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.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
ILC025-159-190915-
/O.NEW.KILX.FL.W.0012.260519T1025Z-260521T0840Z/
/CLAI2.1.ER.260519T1025Z.260520T0000Z.260521T0240Z.NO/
1212 PM CDT MON MAY 18 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...LITTLE WABASH RIVER BELOW CLAY CITY.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 19.0 FEET, 2600E ROAD BEGINS TO FLOOD 1.5 MILES SOUTH
OF WYNOOSE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:45 AM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 19.1 FEET TOMORROW EVENING. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (1 PM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME TUE WED THU
LITTLE WABASH RIVER
CLAY CITY 18.0 14.7 MON 11 AM CD 18.9 19.0 15.9
LAT...LON 3878 8846 3871 8829 3860 8820 3860 8832
3867 8838 3870 8846
DRH
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