000 WGUS83 KILX 250205 FLSILX FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 805 PM CST TUE NOV 24 2009 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN ILLINOIS... ILLINOIS RIVER AT HAVANA AFFECTING FULTON AND MASON COUNTIES ILLINOIS RIVER AT BEARDSTOWN AFFECTING BROWN...CASS...MORGAN AND SCHUYLER COUNTIES THE FOLLOWING FORECASTS ARE BASED ON OBSERVED PRECIPITATION AND PRECIPITATION FORECAST THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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/. && ILC057-125-251605- /O.CON.KILX.FL.W.0060.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /HAVI2.2.ER.091026T2217Z.091106T1230Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 805 PM CST TUE NOV 24 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE ILLINOIS RIVER AT HAVANA. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 730 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.3 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. * MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 17.5 FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THEN BEGIN FALLING. && FLD OBSERVED FORECAST 6AM LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME WED THU FRI ILLINOIS RIVER HAVANA 14 17.3 TUE 7 PM 17.4 17.5 17.5 $$ ILC009-017-137-169-251604- /O.CON.KILX.FL.W.0059.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /BEAI2.2.ER.091026T1428Z.091106T1715Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 805 PM CST TUE NOV 24 2009 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE ILLINOIS RIVER AT BEARDSTOWN. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 745 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.9 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. * MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO A STAGE OF 19.7 FEET BY THURSDAY MORNING. && FLD OBSERVED FORECAST 6AM LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME WED THU FRI ILLINOIS RIVER BEARDSTOWN 14 19.9 TUE 8 PM 19.8 19.7 19.5 $$ BARNES