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WGUS43 KILX 151846
FLWILX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
146 PM CDT SAT AUG 15 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN IL HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ILLINOIS...
MACKINAW RIVER NEAR CONGERVILLE AFFECTING TAZEWELL, MCLEAN AND
WOODFORD COUNTIES.
.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.
ILC113-179-203-161100-
/O.NEW.KILX.FL.W.0040.260816T0210Z-260817T0835Z/
/CNGI2.2.ER.260816T0210Z.260816T1200Z.260817T0234Z.NO/
146 PM CDT SAT AUG 15 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY MONDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...MACKINAW RIVER NEAR CONGERVILLE.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 13.0 FEET, WIDESPREAD AGRICULTURAL FLOODING OCCURS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 12:45 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 14.0 FEET TOMORROW MORNING.
IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TOMORROW EVENING.
- 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
MACKINAW RIVER
CONGERVILLE 13.0 9.9 SAT 12 PM CD 13.8 10.0 6.7
LAT...LON 4070 8906 4062 8907 4061 8920 4051 8933
4056 8939 4068 8925
NMA
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