HAMweather River Center - Little Wabash River At Clay City, IL

Little Wabash Rivernear Clay City, IL (Gauge CLAI2)
Forecast | Observation History | Stage Impacts/Record Events

Stages:

Normal

Action

Flood

Moderate Flood

Major Flood

Normal Stage: 10.43 ft
Flow: 0.972 kcfs*
(impacts and historical events)

Action Stages:

14': Action

16': Flood

22': Moderate Flood

25': Major Flood

Stage		Date CST	Stage ft	Flow kcfs
	FORECAST	02/21/2012 06:00 am	10.60	1.010
	FORECAST	02/21/2012 12:00 am	10.90	1.090
	FORECAST	02/20/2012 06:00 pm	11.20	1.160
	FORECAST	02/20/2012 12:00 pm	11.60	1.260
	FORECAST	02/20/2012 06:00 am	11.80	1.320
	FORECAST	02/20/2012 12:00 am	12.00	1.370
	FORECAST	02/19/2012 06:00 pm	12.30	1.450
	FORECAST	02/19/2012 12:00 pm	12.40	1.480
	FORECAST	02/19/2012 06:00 am	12.50	1.510
	FORECAST	02/19/2012 12:00 am	12.50	1.510
	FORECAST	02/18/2012 06:00 pm	12.50	1.510
	FORECAST	02/18/2012 12:00 pm	12.40	1.480
	FORECAST	02/18/2012 06:00 am	12.30	1.450
	FORECAST	02/18/2012 12:00 am	12.30	1.450
	FORECAST	02/17/2012 06:00 pm	12.30	1.450
	FORECAST	02/17/2012 12:00 pm	12.20	1.420
	FORECAST	02/17/2012 06:00 am	11.90	1.340
	FORECAST	02/17/2012 12:00 am	11.60	1.260
	FORECAST	02/16/2012 06:00 pm	11.10	1.140
	FORECAST	02/16/2012 12:00 pm	10.40	0.965
	CURRENT	02/16/2012 10:45 am	10.43	0.972
		02/16/2012 10:30 am	10.38	0.960
		02/16/2012 10:15 am	10.33	0.949
		02/16/2012 10:00 am	10.29	0.940
		02/16/2012 09:45 am	10.23	0.926
		02/16/2012 09:30 am	10.18	0.915
		02/16/2012 09:15 am	10.13	0.904
		02/16/2012 09:00 am	10.08	0.893
		02/16/2012 08:45 am	10.02	0.879
		02/16/2012 08:30 am	9.96	0.866
		02/16/2012 08:15 am	9.90	0.853
		02/16/2012 08:00 am	9.85	0.842
		02/16/2012 07:45 am	9.79	0.830
		02/16/2012 07:30 am	9.73	0.817
		02/16/2012 07:15 am	9.67	0.804
		02/16/2012 07:00 am	9.62	0.794
		02/16/2012 06:45 am	9.56	0.782
		02/16/2012 06:30 am	9.50	0.769
		02/16/2012 06:15 am	9.44	0.757
		02/16/2012 06:00 am	9.38	0.745
		02/16/2012 05:45 am	9.33	0.734
		02/16/2012 05:30 am	9.27	0.722
		02/16/2012 05:15 am	9.21	0.711
		02/16/2012 05:00 am	9.15	0.699
		02/16/2012 04:45 am	9.09	0.687
		02/16/2012 04:30 am	9.03	0.676
		02/16/2012 04:15 am	8.97	0.664
		02/16/2012 04:00 am	8.92	0.654
		02/16/2012 03:45 am	8.87	0.644
		02/16/2012 03:30 am	8.82	0.635
		02/16/2012 03:15 am	8.77	0.626

Stage Impacts
22.0	The road 1 mile east of the gage is flooded.
18.0	Water begins to flood left bank farmland.
16.5	Wilcox Bridge Lane floods just east of the Little Wabash River near the gage location.
16.0	Minor flooding begins to agricultural land adjacent to the river.

Historical Crests	Record Lows
1) 26.67 ft on 01/05/1950 2) 26.61 ft on 05/10/1961 3) 26.30 ft on 08/22/1915 4) 26.19 ft on 05/19/1995 5) 25.80 ft on 05/20/1943	Low water records are unavailable.

Data provided by NOAA Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service