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Part of: Putnam County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued August 15 at 1:09AM CDT until August 15 at 4:15AM CDT by NWS Lincoln IL
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting McLean, IL, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 376,091 acres
- Began
- To end
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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.
- Bulletin NWS Lincoln IL
Flash Flood Warning issued
McLean, IL
- Storm report NWS ILX storm report
FLOOD — Petersburg, IL
Water over the road on N. 6th street and Rutledge St.
- News The Pantagraph
Storm damage, flooding and power outages across county
- Storm report NWS ILX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 3 NNW Armstrong, IL
Standing water in the roadway on route 49, north of hwy 136 to Rankin.
Show 7 earlier updates
- wandtv.com News
- NWS LOT storm report Storm report
- NWS LOT storm report Storm report
- NWS LOT storm report Storm report
- WEEK | 25 News Now News
- WGLT News
Live blog: Crews work to restore power after microburst causes damage around Bloomington-Normal
- CIProud.com News
Storms in Central Illinois causing downed trees, flooding, power outages
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.