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Part of: Shelby County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued August 14 at 10:00AM CDT until August 14 at 2:00PM CDT by NWS Lincoln IL
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Cass, IL; Fulton, IL; Logan, IL; Mason, IL; Menard, IL; Sangamon, IL, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 759,071 acres
- Began
- To end
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Affected area map
The shaded area is the affected-area perimeter reported for this event by NOAA / National Weather Service (Cass, IL; Fulton, IL; Logan, IL; Mason, IL; Menard, IL; Sangamon, IL), colored by hazard type. Pan and zoom to explore the map; when more than one observation exists, use the slider below to step through how the reported area changed.
Interactive affected-area map
Cass, IL; Fulton, IL; Logan, IL; Mason, IL; Menard, IL; Sangamon, IL · ≈ 1,200 sq mi reported extent · Enable JavaScript to explore the map.
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Latest updates
Official updates and news coverage for this event, newest first — National Weather Service products, local storm reports, incident updates and press headlines. Official items are verbatim government text; news headlines link out to the original outlet.
- Storm report NWS ILX storm report
FLOOD — Petersburg, IL
Water over the road on N. 6th street and Rutledge St.
- News KMAland.com
Flash flood warning for parts of Adair, Cass, Audubon, & Guthrie cos. until 11 a.m.
- Bulletin NWS Lincoln IL
Flash Flood Warning issued
Cass, IL; Fulton, IL; Logan, IL; Mason, IL; Menard, IL; Sangamon, IL
- Storm report NWS ILX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 5 SSE Bloomington, IL
Little Kickapoo Creek out of its banks. Relayed by WMBD-TV.
Show 5 earlier updates
- Cass County Online News
- NWS ILX storm report Storm report
- Pharos-Tribune News
Pioneer schools close for flooding as excessive rainfall hits Cass County
- facebook.com News
Flash Flood Warning including Cedar Lake IN, Lowell IN and Roselawn IN until 1:45 PM CDT
- National Weather Service (.gov) News
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.