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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 12, 2026Peoria County, Tazewell County, Woodford County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at Jun 12, 2026, 10:19 AM CDT for Peoria County, Tazewell County, Woodford County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 14, 2026, 5:30 PM CDT. It was in force for 18 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 12, 2026, 10:19 AM CDT (15:19 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 14, 2026, 5:30 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 2, 2026, 3:14 PM CDT
In force: 18 days
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Peoria County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Woodford County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Illinois River at Peoria (PIAI2).

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jun 12, 6:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 6:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 4:52 AM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 12, 8:07 AM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 12, 8:59 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 11, 7:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Cass, Logan, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon and 2 more	4 hr
Jun 11, 7:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Vermilion	14 min
Jun 11, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Piatt, Vermilion	53 min
Jun 11, 7:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Piatt	4 hr
Jun 11, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Coles, Douglas, Macon, Morgan, Moultrie and 3 more	62 min
Jun 11, 7:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	36 min
Jun 11, 7:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Vermilion	15 min
Jun 11, 7:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon, Morgan, Piatt, Sangamon	3 hr
Jun 11, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Moultrie, Piatt	30 min
Jun 11, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon, Sangamon	47 min
Jun 11, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Douglas, Edgar	55 min
Jun 11, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby	45 min
Jun 11, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Moultrie, Piatt	27 min
Jun 11, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie and 1 more	66 min
Jun 11, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Shelby	45 min
Jun 11, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	23 min
Jun 11, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper	46 min
Jun 11, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham	45 min
Jun 11, 11:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper, Richland	45 min
Jun 12, 10:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Clay, Richland	47 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.