Birds, IL Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT SUNDAY...

* WHAT...Heat index values 105 to 110 degrees both Saturday and
Sunday afternoons.

* WHERE...Portions of central, east central, southeast, and west
central Illinois, generally in an area from Jacksonville and
Springfield southeast past I-70.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM CDT Sunday.

* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.

To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent rest breaks in
shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone overcome by heat
should be moved to a cool and shaded location. Heat stroke is an
emergency! Call 9 1 1.

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...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO SATURDAY,
AUGUST 22...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Wabash River at Hutsonville Legacy Power Plant Site.

* WHEN...From late tonight to Saturday, August 22.

* IMPACTS...At 18.0 feet, Seep water occurs behind levees on Indiana
side.  Hutson Creek begins to overflow from backwater.  Old Darwin
Road and a few rural roads in eastern Clark and Crawford counties
in Illinois are impassable.  Low agricultural land floods.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- There is no current observed data.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
late tonight to a crest of 18.8 feet early Thursday morning.
It will then fall below flood stage Friday, August 21.
- Flood stage is 16.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO
SATURDAY, AUGUST 22...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Wabash River at Riverton.

* WHEN...From Saturday afternoon to Saturday, August 22.

* IMPACTS...At 18.0 feet, Extensive lowland flooding is in
progress.  High water surrounds many river cabins.  Access to most
river cabins is by boat only.  Levees begin to protect farmland.
Extensive flooding of Leaverton Park occurs in Palestine, Illinois.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 10:00 AM EDT Friday /9:00 AM CDT Friday/ the stage was 6.3
feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
tomorrow afternoon to a crest of 17.4 feet Wednesday evening.
It will then fall below flood stage Friday, August 21.
- Flood stage is 15.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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