Issued:
January 31, 2013 at 9:37 pm CDT
Expires:
February 05, 2013 at 12:36 pm CDT
Event:
Flood Warning
Alert:
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN ILLINOIS... LITTLE WABASH RIVER NEAR CLAY CITY AFFECTING CLAY AND RICHLAND COUNTIES. .THE RISE OF THE LITTLE WABASH RIVER HAS BEEN SLOWING A BIT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS...AND THE RIVER SHOULD CREST ON FRIDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...IT WILL REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE FOLLOWING FORECASTS ARE BASED ON OBSERVED PRECIPITATION...SOIL MOISTURE CONDITIONS...AND FORECAST PRECIPITATION. THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE LITTLE WABASH RIVER NEAR CLAY CITY. * UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 845 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.5 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 20.5 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TUESDAY MORNING. && FLD OBSERVED FORECAST 7 AM LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME FRI SAT SUN LITTLE WABASH RIVER CLAY CITY 16 20.5 THU 9 PM 20.5 20.3 19.6 NOTICE TO USERS: THE FLOOD STAGE FOR THE LITTLE WABASH RIVER AT CLAY CITY WILL BE RAISED TO 18 FEET. DUE TO THE ONGOING FLOODING...THIS CHANGE HAS BEEN DELAYED UNTIL THURSDAY FEBRUARY 7. IF FLOODING IS STILL ONGOING ON THAT DATE...THEN THE CHANGE WILL BE POSTPONED AGAIN.
Instruction:
IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROADWAY...TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN. ADDITIONAL RIVER AND WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ILX /LOWER CASE/.
Target Area:
Clay; Richland