WGUS43 KILX 270128
FLWILX

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
828 PM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025

...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 Richland and Clay 
  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.

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ILC025-159-271730-
/O.NEW.KILX.FL.W.0008.250427T0600Z-250429T0600Z/
/CLAI2.1.ER.250427T0600Z.250427T1800Z.250429T0000Z.NO/
828 PM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY TUESDAY 
MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

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

* WHEN...From late tonight to early Tuesday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 18.0 feet, Water begins to flood left bank farmland.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 7:45 PM CDT Saturday the stage was 17.7 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    just after midnight tonight to a crest of 18.2 feet early
    tomorrow afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage
    Monday evening.
  - Flood stage is 18.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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                   Fld   Observed           Forecasts (7 pm CDT)     
Location           Stg   Stg   Day/Time     Sun   Mon   Tue          

Little Wabash River
Clay City          18.0  17.7  Sat 7 pm CDT 18.2  18.0  16.8         


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


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MJA