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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1019 AM CDT SAT AUG 15 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN IL HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ILLINOIS...
SANGAMON RIVER AT MONTICELLO AFFECTING PIATT 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.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
ILC147-160730-
/O.NEW.KILX.FL.W.0039.260816T0515Z-260821T0300Z/
/MNTI2.2.ER.260816T0515Z.260817T1800Z.260820T2100Z.NR/
1019 AM CDT SAT AUG 15 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO LATE THURSDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. THIS APPROACHES THE FLOOD OF
RECORD.
* WHERE...SANGAMON RIVER AT MONTICELLO.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO LATE THURSDAY EVENING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:00 AM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 17.7 FEET EARLY
MONDAY AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (1 PM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SUN MON TUE
SANGAMON RIVER
MONTICELLO 13.0 11.6 SAT 10 AM CD 15.1 17.7 16.5
LAT...LON 4019 8847 4008 8847 4001 8854 3990 8874
4000 8874 4006 8861
MJA
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