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WGUS43 KILX 152216
FLWILX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
516 PM CDT SAT AUG 15 2026
ILC113-161700-
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MCLEAN IL-
516 PM CDT SAT AUG 15 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY, MCLEAN.
* WHEN...UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY.
* 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 515 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES
INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS
ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 5 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...
COLFAX, SAYBROOK, BELLFLOWER, ARROWSMITH, CROPSEY AND ANCHOR.
- 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 4037 8846 4028 8846 4028 8848 4028 8852
4028 8854 4028 8855 4028 8858 4028 8860
4028 8865 4062 8863 4062 8857 4062 8855
4062 8853 4062 8846 4043 8846 4040 8846
4038 8846
DEUBELBEISS
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