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Part of: Putnam County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued August 15 at 5:48AM CDT until August 15 at 9:00AM CDT by NWS Lincoln IL
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Champaign, IL; Vermilion, IL, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 736,903 acres
- Began
- To end
Hazard details
- Flash-flood damage threat
- CONSIDERABLE
Damage signals as reported by NOAA / National Weather Service — verbatim, not an estimate.
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Affected area map
The shaded area is the affected-area perimeter reported for this event by NOAA / National Weather Service (Champaign, IL; Vermilion, 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
Champaign, IL; Vermilion, 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
FLASH FLOOD — Rantoul, IL
Many neighborhood roads are flooded over curbs across Rantoul.
- Storm report NWS ILX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — Rantoul, IL
Route 136 viaduct in Rantoul is full of water and the road is closed.
- Storm report NWS ILX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — Fisher, IL
Street flooding with standing water on Sangamon St and 1st Street in Fisher.
- Storm report NWS LOT storm report
FLASH FLOOD — Gibson City, IL
Reports of flooded roadways in Gibson City including up to garages and car doors on the street.
Show 5 earlier updates
- NWS LOT storm report Storm report
- NWS Lincoln IL Bulletin
- WDTN.com News
Clark, Champaign residents start to pick up the pieces after flood
- WAND-TV News
- Springfield News-Sun News
Storm surveys taking place in Champaign, Clark counties today
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.