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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
210 PM CDT THU AUG 13 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN DE WITT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEASTERN PIATT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT.
* AT 206 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN SINCE 1230 PM WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL FROM
BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL SOUTHEAST TO SAYBROOK AND ELLSWORTH. STREET
FLOODING WAS OBSERVED OVER PARTS OF NORMAL AND BLOOMINGTON
ESPECIALLY WILLOW STREET NEAR ISU CAMPUS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA SOUTHEAST
OF BLOOMINGTON. 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...
CHAMPAIGN, BLOOMINGTON, NORMAL, URBANA, RANTOUL, MAHOMET, LE ROY,
FARMER CITY, FISHER, THOMASBORO, DOWNS, MANSFIELD, SAYBROOK, LAKE
OF THE WOODS, BELLFLOWER, ARROWSMITH, ELLSWORTH, COOKSVILLE,
FOOSLAND AND MORAINE VIEW STATE PARK.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STATE PARKS...
MORAINE VIEW STATE PARK.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 136 AND 178.
INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 175 AND 176.
INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 238 AND 250.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 4045 8899 4062 8883 4045 8846 4040 8846
4040 8845 4040 8842 4040 8840 4040 8838
4040 8835 4024 8802 4013 8813 4019 8850
4022 8862 4030 8892
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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