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River Flood Warning 32, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 5, 2026Peoria County, Tazewell County, Woodford County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at Jul 5, 2026, 10:16 AM CDT for Peoria County, Tazewell County, Woodford County, Illinois. It took effect at Jul 5, 2026, 11:09 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 2026, 10:16 AM CDT (15:16 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 5, 2026, 11:09 PM CDT
Expired
Jul 11, 2026, 6:31 AM CDT
In force
5 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 15:19 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 Jul 4, 6:37 PM CDT, 15 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 6:37 PM CDT, 15 hours 39 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 7:20 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILXClark2 hr

Nearby

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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.