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Illinois Drought Monitor

The Illinois Drought monitor is a subset of the United States Monitor, issued every Thursday morning, based on drought conditions the previous Tuesday. The map below shows the current drought level around the state, and the percent of Illinois land area in each drought level compared to the previous week.

Read an explanation of the drought intensities and what they mean.

Illinois Drought Monitor

Illinois Hydrologic Information Statement

Note that if drought conditions are not being experienced, or in the case of river flooding or heavy rain, this statement may be used to indicate river flows or flood potential.

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HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
923 AM CST WED DEC 03 2008

...ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICES...AHPS...ENABLES
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...NWS...TO PROVIDE LONG-RANGE
PROBABILISTIC RIVER OUTLOOKS...

IN THE TABLE BELOW...THE 90 THROUGH 10 PERCENT COLUMNS FOR THE
ILLINOIS...SANGAMON...MACKINAW AND SPOON RIVERS AS WELL AS SALT
CREEK...AND THE 95 TO 5 PERCENT COLUMNS FOR THE VERMILION...EMBARRAS
AND LITTLE WABASH RIVERS...INDICATE EXCEEDANCE PROBABILITIES...THE
CHANCES OF THE RIVER RISING ABOVE THE LISTED STAGE DURING THE NEXT 90
DAYS.

EXAMPLE USING THE TABLE BELOW THIS SECTION...

THE ILLINOIS RIVER AT HENRY HAS A FLOOD STAGE OF 23.0 FEET.
WITHIN THE NEXT 90 DAYS...THERE IS A 50 PERCENT CHANCE THE RIVER
WILL RISE ABOVE 23.5 FEET.

EXCEEDANCE PROBABILITIES...

          CHANCE OF EXCEEDING STAGES AT SPECIFIC LOCATIONS
                 VALID DEC. 01 2008 - MAR. 1 2009
                         ALL STAGES IN FEET

LOCATION        FS (FT)   90%  80%  70%  60%  50%  40%  30%  20%  10%
--------        -------   ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
ILLINOIS RIVER
 HENRY           23.0     16.4 17.7 19.7 22.0 23.5 26.1 27.6 28.7 31.1
 PEORIA          18.0     13.0 13.6 15.2 18.5 20.4 22.7 24.1 25.8 26.8
 HAVANA          14.0      9.2 12.5 13.3 14.5 16.3 18.9 19.7 22.6 23.6
 BEARDSTOWN      14.0     10.9 12.6 14.1 15.3 17.6 23.6 24.8 26.7 29.0

SPOON RIVER
 LONDON MILLS    15.0      4.8  6.5  9.4 10.4 13.2 14.5 15.2 17.7 20.3
 SEVILLE         22.0      8.0 10.3 12.2 13.9 16.0 17.6 19.0 21.6 24.0

MACKINAW RIVER
 CONGERVILLE     13.0      3.5  5.3  6.2  7.6  9.8 11.1 13.0 14.1 15.5

SANGAMON RIVER
 MONTICELLO      13.0     10.3 11.9 12.3 12.9 13.9 14.3 15.1 16.0 17.1
 RIVERTON        23.0     11.1 13.9 15.2 16.9 17.9 20.1 21.2 22.9 24.8
 PETERSBURG      23.0      8.6 10.1 11.2 13.3 15.0 19.3 21.3 23.6 25.8

SALT CREEK
 GREENVIEW       16.0      5.5  6.9  7.4  8.9 11.4 12.7 14.1 15.6 16.7

LOCATION        FS (FT)   90%  80%  70%  60%  50%  40%  30%  20%  10%
--------        -------   ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
SANGAMON RIVER
 OAKFORD        471.0     461  463  464  465  467  469  471  472  473
 CHANDLERVILLE  456.6     447  449  450  451  455  467  458  459  459

LOCATION        FS (FT)    95%   90%   75%   50%   25%   10%   5%
--------        -------    ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---
VERMILION RIVER
 DANVILLE        18.0      4.3   5.1   7.2   9.3  14.2  17.3  19.3

LITTLE WABASH RIVER
 CLAY CITY       16.0     16.9  17.9  19.0  19.8  21.1  22.2  22.6

EMBARRAS RIVER
 STE MARIE       19.0      6.1   6.6   9.5  13.0  17.2  19.8  21.6
 LAWRENCEVILLE   30.0     23.0  23.5  25.2  28.5  32.6  34.7  35.6

NOTES...
THIS LONG-RANGE PROBABILISTIC OUTLOOK CONTAINS FORECAST VALUES THAT
ARE CALCULATED USING MULTIPLE SEASON SCENARIOS FROM 30 OR MORE YEARS
OF CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA INCLUDING CURRENT CONDITIONS OF THE RIVER...
SOIL MOISTURE AND 30 TO 90 DAY LONG-RANGE OUTLOOKS OF TEMPERATURE AND
PRECIPITATION. BY PROVIDING THE COMPLETE RANGE OF PROBABILITIES...THE
LEVEL OF RISK ASSOCIATED WITH LONG-RANGE PLANNING DECISIONS CAN BE
DETERMINED.
THESE PROBABILISTIC FORECASTS ARE PART OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE (AHPS).
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FOR MORE INFORMATION...
VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LINCOLN (USE LOWER CASE)
FOR MORE OFFICIAL NWS RIVER AND WEATHER INFORMATION. TO VIEW
GRAPHICAL AHPS INFORMATION...INCLUDING FORECASTS...SELECT AHPS/RIVER
INFO FROM THE LIST ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE WEB PAGE. FULL AHPS
GRAPHICS ARE AVAILABLE FOR ALL FORECAST POINTS IN THE CENTRAL
ILLINOIS SERVICE AREA.

FOR 30 TO 90 DAY TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OUTLOOKS...VISIT THE
WEB PAGE OF THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER AT:
HTTP://WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV (USE LOWER CASE)

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DRH


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