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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
146 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT.
* AT 146 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
DANVILLE, HOOPESTON, GEORGETOWN, WESTVILLE, TILTON, CATLIN,
OAKWOOD, ROSSVILLE, POTOMAC, FAIRMOUNT, RANKIN, FITHIAN, VERMILION
REGIONAL AIRPORT, BISMARCK, BELGIUM, HENNING, JAMAICA, MUNCIE,
COLLISON AND ALVIN.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STATE PARKS...
HARRY BABE WOODYARD STATE NATURAL AREA, KICKAPOO STATE RECREATION
AREA AND MIDDLE FORK STATE FISH AND WILDLIFE AREA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 199 AND 220.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
COLLISON BRANCH, MIDDLE BRANCH, FREEDWELL BRANCH, BAUM BRANCH,
JORDAN CREEK, NORTH FORK VERMILION RIVER, LICK CREEK, WINDFALL
CREEK, LITTLE VERMILION RIVER, SWANK CREEK, BUTLER BRANCH, MIDDLE
FORK VERMILION RIVER, BLUEGRASS CREEK, FAYETTE DRAIN, FEATHER
CREEK, FOUNTAIN CREEK, GIMLET BRANCH, KNIGHTS BRANCH, GRAPE CREEK,
SUGAR CREEK, WHISKY CREEK, BUCK CREEK, GLENBURN CREEK,
WHIPPOORWILL BRANCH, SALT FORK, STONY CREEK, BEAN CREEK, HAWBUCK
CREEK, VERMILION RIVER AND PAINTER CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 4048 8793 4049 8753 3996 8753 3998 8793
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
25
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