Lexington Weather

Lexington, Massachusetts, USA

48°F
4/30/2026 10:15am 
  • Lexington Conditions: Light rain, Mist, Overcast
  • Temperature: 47.8°F / 8.8°CWarmer 0.7°F than last hour.
  • Dew Point: 46.4°FIncreased 0.7°Fsince last hour.
  • Relative Humidity: 95% 
  • Wind: Calm, 10-min avg: Calm, gust: None
  • Barometer: 29.70 inFalling 0.02 inHg/hr Falling Slowly
  • Visibility: 2 miles
  • Rain Today: 0.10 in
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Flood Warning

Issued by the National Weather Service - St. Louis, MO

    FLOOD WARNING  

Fayette County, IL

Flood Warning issued April 29 at 8:43PM CDT until May 2 at 10:50PM CDT by NWS St Louis MO

FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING

Areas Affected: Fayette, IL

Urgency: Immediate

Severity: Severe

Certainty: Observed

Alert Sent: Wednesday 8:43pm CDT

Alert Effective: Wednesday 8:43pm CDT

Alert Expires: Friday 8:45am CDT (expect updated alert by this time)

Event Onset: Wednesday 8:43pm CDT

Event Ends: Saturday 10:50pm CDT

Issued by: NWS St Louis MO

Details: 
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING...

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in
Illinois...

Kaskaskia River at Vandalia.

River forecasts are based on observed precipitation and forecast
precipitation for the next 24 hours.

* WHAT...Major flooding is occurring and major flooding is forecast.
This approaches the flood of record.

* WHERE...Kaskaskia River at Vandalia.

* WHEN...Until Saturday evening.

* IMPACTS...At 26.0 feet, The Dively and Vandalia Levees begin to be
overtopped.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 8:30 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 26.4 feet and falling.
- Recent Activity...The river rose above flood stage on the evening
of April 27. It crested near 26.8 feet on April 29.
- Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage Friday
afternoon and continue falling over the coming days.
- Flood stage is 18.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 26.4
feet on 02/08/1999.

Information: 
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive cars
through flooded areas.

This product, along with additional weather and stream information,
is available at https://water.noaa.gov/wfo/lsx

Meta data: 
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Codes: ILC051
Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e94d340cffc5b09cd4d43c7702f20e05304a73ba.001.1