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EXPIRED3/24/2023 10:46:00 AM (UTC)Urgency: ExpectedSeverity: ModerateCertainty: Likely
3/24/2023 10:46:00 AM until 3/26/2023 9:01:00 PM
Persons with interests along this river need to prepare for
flooding. Stay tuned for further updates on this flooding situation.
The National Weather Service in Lincoln IL has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Illinois...
Embarras River at Ste. Marie affecting Crawford and Jasper
Counties.
.The following forecasts are based on observed precipitation, soil
moisture conditions, and forecast precipitation.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING TO LATE SUNDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Embarras River at Ste. Marie.
* WHEN...From Saturday morning to late Sunday evening.
* IMPACTS...At 19.0 feet, County Highway 9 floods between Ste. Marie
and Willow Hill.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 9:45 AM CDT Friday the stage was 14.4 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
late tomorrow morning to a crest of 19.3 feet tomorrow
evening. It will then fall below flood stage Sunday
afternoon.
- Flood stage is 19.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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Fld Observed Forecasts (1 pm CDT)
Location Stg Stg Day/Time Sat Sun Mon
Embarras River
Ste. Marie 19.0 14.4 Fri 9 am CDT 19.2 19.1 17.4
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