Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - Central Illinois
Areas Affected: Fulton, IL; Knox, IL
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Alert Sent: Thursday 12:09am CDT
Alert Effective: Thursday 12:09am CDT
Alert Expires: Thursday 4:15pm CDT (expect updated alert by this time)
Event Onset: Friday 2:00pm CDT
Event Ends: Saturday 10:00pm CDT
Issued by: NWS Lincoln IL
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO LATE SATURDAY EVENING... ...The National Weather Service in Lincoln IL has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Illinois... Spoon River at London Mills affecting Fulton and Knox Counties. .The following forecasts are based on observed precipitation, soil moisture conditions, and forecast precipitation. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Spoon River at London Mills. * WHEN...From Friday afternoon to late Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...At 15.0 feet, Minor flooding begins to agricultural land near the river. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 11:45 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 5.8 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage early tomorrow afternoon to a crest of 15.8 feet early Saturday morning. It will then fall below flood stage Saturday afternoon. - Flood stage is 15.0 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:2.49.0.1.840.0.44ba5d2c99454883a423870d4ad44d2d6610b2de.001.1 Codes: ILC057, ILC095 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.44ba5d2c99454883a423870d4ad44d2d6610b2de.001.1