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River Flood Warning
Issued: 6:46 PM Aug. 15, 2026 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY MONDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Moderate flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Mackinaw River near Congerville.

* WHEN...From this evening to early Monday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, Widespread agricultural flooding occurs.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 12:45 PM CDT Saturday the stage was 9.9 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
late this evening to a crest of 14.0 feet tomorrow morning.
It will then fall below flood stage late tomorrow evening.
- Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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Fld   Observed           Forecasts (1 pm CDT)
Location      Stg   Stg   Day/Time     Sun   Mon   Tue

Mackinaw River
Congerville   13.0  9.9   Sat 12 pm CD 13.8  10.0  6.7


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Flood Warning
Issued: 3:41 PM Aug. 15, 2026 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.

* WHERE...Portions of central and west central Illinois, including
the following counties, in central Illinois, Mason, Peoria,
Tazewell and Woodford. In west central Illinois, Fulton and Knox.

* WHEN...Until 600 PM CDT Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying
and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Streams
continue to rise due to excess runoff from earlier rainfall.
Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water. It will take
several hours for all the water from these storms to work through
local drainage systems in urban areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 1040 AM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges
indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is
already occurring in the warned area. Between 2.5 and 6
inches of rain have fallen.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Peoria, Pekin, East Peoria, Morton, Canton, Eureka,
Lewistown, Washington, Bartonville, Creve Coeur, West Peoria,
Abingdon, Marquette Heights, Farmington, Tremont, Elmwood,
Bellevue, Mackinaw, Delavan and Manito.
- This includes the following State Parks...
Banner Marsh State Fish and Wildlife Area, Powerton Lake
State Fish and Wildlife Area, Rice Lake State Fish and
Wildlife Area, Sand Ridge State Forest, Spring Lake State
Fish and Wildlife Area and Mackinaw River State Fish and
Wildlife Area.

This includes the following highways...
Interstate 74 between  mile markers 81 and 112.
Interstate 155 between  mile markers 12 and 31.
Interstate 474 between  mile markers 0 and 14.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

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