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WGUS43 KILX 300143
FLWILX

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
843 PM CDT Mon Apr 29 2024

...The National Weather Service in Lincoln IL has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Illinois...

  Little Wabash River below Clay City affecting Clay and Richland
  Counties.

.The following forecasts are based on observed precipitation, soil
moisture conditions, and forecast precipitation.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

ILC025-159-301745-
/O.NEW.KILX.FL.W.0024.240430T1648Z-240503T2000Z/
/CLAI2.1.ER.240430T1648Z.240502T0000Z.240503T1400Z.NO/
843 PM CDT Mon Apr 29 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING TO FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Little Wabash River below Clay City.

* WHEN...From Tuesday morning to Friday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 19.0 feet, 2600E Road begins to flood 1.5 miles south
  of Wynoose.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 7:45 PM CDT Monday the stage was 11.8 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    late tomorrow morning to a crest of 19.3 feet Wednesday
    evening. It will then fall below flood stage late Friday
    morning.
  - Flood stage is 18.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

                   Fld   Observed           Forecasts (7 pm CDT)
Location           Stg   Stg   Day/Time     Tue   Wed   Thu

Little Wabash River
Clay City          18.0  11.8  Mon 7 pm CDT 18.6  19.3  18.9


&&

LAT...LON 3878 8846 3871 8829 3860 8820 3860 8832
      3867 8838 3870 8846


$$

Erwin