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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
514 PM CDT SAT AUG 15 2026
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FULTON IL-KNOX IL-MASON IL-PEORIA IL-TAZEWELL IL-WOODFORD IL-
514 PM CDT SAT AUG 15 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS, INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS, MASON, PEORIA,
TAZEWELL AND WOODFORD. IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS, FULTON AND KNOX.
* WHEN...UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. STREAMS
CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.
EXPECT MANY AREAS OF SLOW MOVING OR STANDING WATER. IT WILL TAKE
SEVERAL HOURS FOR ALL THE WATER FROM THESE STORMS TO WORK THROUGH
LOCAL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 513 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES
INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS
ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2.5 AND 6
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT IN THE WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PEORIA, PEKIN, EAST PEORIA, MORTON, CANTON, EUREKA,
LEWISTOWN, WASHINGTON, BARTONVILLE, CREVE COEUR, WEST PEORIA,
ABINGDON, MARQUETTE HEIGHTS, FARMINGTON, TREMONT, ELMWOOD,
BELLEVUE, MACKINAW, DELAVAN AND MANITO.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STATE PARKS...
BANNER MARSH STATE FISH AND WILDLIFE AREA, POWERTON LAKE
STATE FISH AND WILDLIFE AREA, RICE LAKE STATE FISH AND
WILDLIFE AREA, SAND RIDGE STATE FOREST, SPRING LAKE STATE
FISH AND WILDLIFE AREA AND MACKINAW RIVER STATE FISH AND
WILDLIFE AREA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 81 AND 112.
INTERSTATE 155 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 12 AND 31.
INTERSTATE 474 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 14.
- 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 4082 9044 4082 9005 4071 8926 4059 8926
4059 8927 4033 8926 4033 9044
DEUBELBEISS
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