Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - Central Illinois
Areas Affected: Clay, IL; Richland, IL
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Observed
Alert Sent: Friday 5:43pm CDT
Alert Effective: Friday 5:43pm CDT
Alert Expires: Saturday 9:45am CDT (expect updated alert by this time)
Event Onset: Saturday 11:00pm CDT
Event Ends: Monday 10:00pm CDT
Issued by: NWS Lincoln IL
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING TO LATE MONDAY EVENING... ...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Illinois... Little Wabash River below Clay City affecting Richland and Clay Counties. .The following forecasts are based on observed precipitation, soil moisture conditions, and forecast precipitation. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Little Wabash River below Clay City. * WHEN...From Saturday evening to late Monday evening. * IMPACTS...At 18.0 feet, Water begins to flood left bank farmland. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 4:45 PM CDT Friday the stage was 17.5 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late tomorrow evening to a crest of 18.2 feet Sunday morning. It will then fall below flood stage Monday afternoon. - Flood stage is 18.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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.
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e74bff0aa19c23aa6c61a9277cac5450c21c67dd.001.1 Codes: ILC025, ILC159 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e74bff0aa19c23aa6c61a9277cac5450c21c67dd.001.1