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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1106 AM CDT SUN AUG 16 2026
ILC019-183-171700-
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CHAMPAIGN IL-VERMILION IL-
1106 AM CDT SUN AUG 16 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT MONDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY RECENT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES, CHAMPAIGN AND VERMILION.
* WHEN...UNTIL NOON CDT MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...NUMEROUS ROADS REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. EXPECT
MANY AREAS OF SLOW MOVING OR STANDING WATER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11 AM CDT SUNDAY, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT AREAS
OF FLOODING AND ROAD CLOSURES CONTINUE IN THE WARNED AREA.
BETWEEN 4 AND 7 INCHES OF RAIN FELL.
- FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
- 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
GEELHART
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