Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service
Areas Affected: Brown, IL; Cass, IL; Morgan, IL; Schuyler, IL
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Observed
Alert Sent: Thursday 8:59pm CDT
Alert Effective: Thursday 8:59pm CDT
Alert Expires: Friday 1:00pm CDT
Event Onset: Thursday 8:59pm CDT
Event Ends: Friday 1:00pm CDT
Issued by: NWS Lincoln IL
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON... ...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Illinois... Illinois River near Havana affecting Fulton, Cass and Mason Counties. Illinois River at Beardstown affecting Morgan, Schuyler, Brown and Cass Counties. .The following forecasts are based on observed precipitation, soil moisture conditions, and forecast precipitation. * WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Illinois River at Beardstown. * WHEN...Until early tomorrow afternoon. * IMPACTS...At 14.0 feet, Minor flooding begins to agricultural areas not protected by levees. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 8:45 PM CDT Thursday the stage was 14.1 feet. - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 8:45 PM CDT Thursday was 14.4 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage tomorrow morning and continue falling to 12.4 feet Thursday, May 02. - Flood stage is 14.0 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:2.49.0.1.840.0.71e04ed086ba440ed94c42939dfdbadc6bcf065d.002.1 Codes: ILC009, ILC017, ILC137, ILC169 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.71e04ed086ba440ed94c42939dfdbadc6bcf065d.002.1