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WGUS43 KILX 152226
FLWILX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
526 PM CDT SAT AUG 15 2026
ILC019-183-161700-
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CHAMPAIGN IL-VERMILION IL-
526 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 EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES, CHAMPAIGN AND VERMILION.
* WHEN...UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 524 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES
INDICATED 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...
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.
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
DEUBELBEISS
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