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WGUS43 KILX 151840
FLWILX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
140 PM CDT SAT AUG 15 2026
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CHAMPAIGN IL-VERMILION IL-
140 PM CDT SAT AUG 15 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT THIS EVENING
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES, CHAMPAIGN AND VERMILION.
* WHEN...UNTIL 730 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 138 PM CDT, FLOOD WATERS ARE STARTING TO RECEDE, BUT
SEVERAL ROADWAYS REMAIN FLOODED. CONTINUE TO HEED CLOSED ROAD
SIGNS AND FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHAMPAIGN, URBANA, DANVILLE, RANTOUL, SAVOY, MAHOMET, ST.
JOSEPH, TILTON, CATLIN, FISHER, OAKWOOD, ROSSVILLE,
THOMASBORO, GIFFORD, OGDEN, POTOMAC, RANKIN, FITHIAN,
BONDVILLE AND LAKE OF THE WOODS.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STATE PARKS...
KICKAPOO STATE RECREATION AREA AND MIDDLE FORK STATE FISH AND
WILDLIFE AREA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 174 AND 182.
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 169 AND 220.
INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 232 AND 257.
- 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 4040 8793 4049 8794 4049 8784 4032 8753
4007 8753 4007 8846 4040 8846
NMA
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