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WGUS43 KILX 151233
FLWILX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
733 AM CDT SAT AUG 15 2026
ILC113-151600-
/O.NEW.KILX.FA.W.0009.260815T1233Z-260815T1600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCLEAN IL-
733 AM CDT SAT AUG 15 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...URBAN AREA AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY, MCLEAN.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1100 AM CDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. NUMEROUS ROADS
REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. STREAMS CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL. EXPECT MANY AREAS OF SLOW
MOVING OR STANDING WATER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 733 AM CDT, GAUGE REPORTS INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE WARNED
AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BLOOMINGTON, NORMAL, LE ROY, HEYWORTH, DANVERS, DOWNS,
MCLEAN, STANFORD, ELLSWORTH, CENTRAL ILLINOIS REGIONAL
AIRPORT, SHIRLEY, HOLDER AND MORAINE VIEW STATE PARK.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STATE PARKS...
MORAINE VIEW STATE PARK.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 39 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 1.
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 123 AND 155.
INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 142 AND 167.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 4057 8927 4051 8864 4028 8865 4028 8926
MJA
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