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Part of: Shelby County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued August 14 at 8:44AM CDT until August 14 at 12:45PM CDT by NWS Lincoln IL
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Vermilion, IL, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 377,600 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
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- Bulletin NWS Lincoln IL
Flash Flood Warning extended until Aug 14, 17:45 UTC
Vermilion, IL
- Storm report NWS IND storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 3 ESE State Line City, IN
Water rescue of a vehicle washed into a ditch on County Road 950 South. Time estimated.
- 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.
- Storm report NWS ILX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 3 E Danville, IL
Report from mPING: Street/road flooding.
Show 7 earlier updates
- wandtv.com News
- NWS IND storm report Storm report
- NWS Lincoln IL Bulletin
- azcentral.com and The Arizona Republic News
- NWS IND storm report Storm report
- Vermilion County First News
- KLFY.com News
Vermilionville to host exhibit honoring victims of 2016 floods
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.