# Flood Warning: Fulton, IL; Knox, IL; Mason, IL; Peoria, IL; Tazewell, IL; Woodford, IL — retained record

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-08-15 17:14 ingested 2026-08-16 06:38

[original source ↗](http://www.weather.gov/)

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Flood Warning — Fulton, IL; Knox, IL; Mason, IL; Peoria, IL; Tazewell, IL; Woodford, IL
Severity: Severe. Certainty: Likely.
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.

* WHERE...Portions of central and west central Illinois, including
the following counties, in central Illinois, Mason, Peoria,
Tazewell and Woodford. In west central Illinois, Fulton and Knox.

* WHEN...Until noon CDT Sunday.

* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying
and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Streams
continue to rise due to excess runoff from earlier rainfall.
Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water. It will take
several hours for all the water from these storms to work through
local drainage systems in urban areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 513 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges
indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is
already occurring in the warned area. Between 2.5 and 6
inches of rain have fallen.
- Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible
this evening and overnight in the warned area.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Peoria, Pekin, East Peoria, Morton, Canton, Eureka,
Lewistown, Washington, Bartonville, Creve Coeur, West Peoria,
Abingdon, Marquette Heights, Farmington, Tremont, Elmwood,
Bellevue, Mackinaw, Delavan and Manito.
- This includes the following State Parks...
Banner Marsh State Fish and Wildlife Area, Powerton Lake
State Fish and Wildlife Area, Rice Lake State Fish and
Wildlife Area, Sand Ridge State Forest, Spring Lake State
Fish and Wildlife Area and Mackinaw River State Fish and
Wildlife Area.

This includes the following highways...
Interstate 74 between  mile markers 81 and 112.
Interstate 155 between  mile markers 12 and 31.
Interstate 474 between  mile markers 0 and 14.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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