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Part of: Putnam County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued August 15 at 2:36AM CDT until August 15 at 8:30AM 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
- ≈ 62,635 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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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 — 2 ESE Bloomington, IL
Vehicle stalled in flood waters, road is impassable at Oakland Ave/Four Seasons Rd and Prospect Rd / Grandview Dr.
- Storm report NWS ILX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 3 WNW Mackinaw, IL
Allentown Road about a mile west of Allentown is flooded over.
- Storm report NWS ILX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — Tremont, IL
6 inches of water flowing over E Pearl Street.
- Storm report NWS ILX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — Bloomington, IL
Several flooded roads reported on Douglas Street and viaducts underwater, relayed by broadcast media from viewer.
Show 7 earlier updates
- NWS ILX storm report Storm report
- NWS Lincoln IL Bulletin
- The Pantagraph News
- WAND-TV News
- 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 ↗.