NWS / NOAA weather: Flash Flood Warning issued August 1 at 1:46PM CDT until August 1 at 4:45PM CDT by NWS Lincoln IL
FFWILX
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Vermilion County in east central Illinois...
* Until 445 PM CDT.
* At 146 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain
have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Danville, Hoopeston, Georgetown, Westville, Tilton, Catlin,
Oakwood, Rossville, Potomac, Fairmount, Rankin, Fithian, Vermilion
Regional Airport, Bismarck, Belgium, Henning, Jamaica, Muncie,
Collison and Alvin.
This includes the following State Parks...
Harry Babe Woodyard State Natural Area, Kickapoo State Recreation
Area and Middle Fork State Fish and Wildlife Area.
This includes Interstate 74 between mile markers 199 and 220.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Collison Branch, Middle Branch, Freedwell Branch, Baum Branch,
Jordan Creek, North Fork Vermilion River, Lick Creek, Windfall
Creek, Little Vermilion River, Swank Creek, Butler Branch, Middle
Fork Vermilion River, Bluegrass Creek, Fayette Drain, Feather
Creek, Fountain Creek, Gimlet Branch, Knights Branch, Grape Creek,
Sugar Creek, Whisky Creek, Buck Creek, Glenburn Creek,
Whippoorwill Branch, Salt Fork, Stony Creek, Bean Creek, Hawbuck
Creek, Vermilion River and Painter Creek.
- Severity
- Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe
- This month
- 1923rd Weather alert at severity 4+ in the last 30 days
