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WGUS83 KILX 231557
FLSILX

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1057 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN ILLINOIS...

  ILLINOIS RIVER AT HAVANA AFFECTING CASS...FULTON AND MASON COUNTIES.
  ILLINOIS RIVER AT BEARDSTOWN AFFECTING BROWN...CASS...MORGAN AND
  SCHUYLER COUNTIES.

.RECENT RAINFALL HAS SLOWED THE RATE OF FALL ALONG THE ILLINOIS
RIVER AT HAVANA AND BEARDSTOWN...AND SOME MINOR RISES WILL BE
OCCURRING UPSTREAM THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. AS A RESULT...
THE FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

THE FOLLOWING FORECASTS ARE BASED ON OBSERVED PRECIPITATION...SOIL
MOISTURE CONDITIONS...AND FORECAST PRECIPITATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROADWAY...TURN AROUND AND FIND AN
ALTERNATE ROUTE. TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.

ADDITIONAL RIVER AND WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ILX  /LOWER CASE/.

&&

ILC017-057-125-240557-
/O.EXT.KILX.FL.W.0017.000000T0000Z-130530T0600Z/
/HAVI2.3.ER.130414T1530Z.130426T0115Z.130530T0000Z.UU/
1057 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE ILLINOIS RIVER AT HAVANA.
* UNTIL THURSDAY MAY 30.
* AT 1045 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.8 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY
  WEDNESDAY EVENING.

&&


                  FLD  OBSERVED         FORECAST 7 AM
LOCATION          STG  STG  DAY TIME    FRI    SAT    SUN

ILLINOIS RIVER
 HAVANA            14  15.8 THU 11 AM   15.5   15.1   14.9

$$
ILC009-017-137-169-240557-
/O.CON.KILX.FL.W.0018.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/BEAI2.3.ER.130413T2145Z.130427T0745Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
1057 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE ILLINOIS RIVER AT BEARDSTOWN.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 1045 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.8 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO A STAGE OF 17.7 FEET
  BY TOMORROW MORNING.

&&


                  FLD  OBSERVED         FORECAST 7 AM
LOCATION          STG  STG  DAY TIME    FRI    SAT    SUN

ILLINOIS RIVER
 BEARDSTOWN        14  17.8 THU 11 AM   17.7   17.7   17.5

$$
GEELHART