Dahinda, Illinois

The Flood Warning continues for
the spoon river at London Mills.
* Until Sunday evening.
* At 2 PM Friday the stage was 17.7 feet.
* Flood stage is 15 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast... the river will continue rising to near 18.4 feet by
tomorrow morning. The river will fall below flood stage Sunday
afternoon.
* Impact... at 17 feet... flooding of agricultural land just north of
Route 9... south of London Mills. Flooding caused by a large
unrepaired section of levee that breeched in may 2009. At 17
feet... flood waters are reaching ditches adjacent to Route 9 on the
north side.


                  Fld observed forecast 6am
location stg stg day time Sat sun Mon

Spoon river
London Mills 15 17.7 Fri 2 PM 18.4 16.5 12.9

Expect periods of light snow showers across central Illinois into
this evening. Snow showers could briefly reduce the visibility to less
than a mile at times especially from I-72 north. Snowfall accumulations
should stay around a half inch or less... though a few areas from I-72
north could see between a half and 1 inch of snow by early evening.
Below freezing temperatures in the 20s will cause some icing to
develop on untreated wet roadways. Reduce your speed and be
cautious if traveling into this evening due to snow showers and
icing possibilities.

... Record daily maximum rainfall set at Lincoln IL...

A record rainfall of 0.98 inch(es) was set at Lincoln IL yesterday
December 24th. This breaks the old record of 0.89 set in 1979.