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Part of: Wabash County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued August 19 at 11:32PM CDT until August 20 at 2:45AM 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
- ≈ 436,831 acres
- Began
- To end
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Champaign, IL; Vermilion, IL · ≈ 680 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 — 3 ESE Urbana, IL
6+ inches of standing water on E Windsor Rd, with it overflowing into peoples yard.
- Storm report NWS ILX storm report
FLOOD — 1 ENE Champaign, IL
Roads are flooded over the curbs across the sidewalks. Looks to be coming up to the bottom of the doors of old theater on W Church St.
- News Peak of Ohio
UPDATE: Flood Watch issued for Logan and Champaign Counties
- Storm report NWS IND storm report
FLASH FLOOD — Shadeland, IN
Show 2 earlier updates
- NWS Lincoln IL Bulletin
- IPM Newsroom News
Rantoul teen found dead after flooding accident in rural Champaign County
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.