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September 02, 2010
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| From river to stream |  | | The Embarras River at Lawrenceville is a shallow stream in many places. With much of northeastern and central Illinois in a drought, the river is low enough for people to walk across — even ankle deep in many places. Above, a section of the river near the water plant is shown. The National Weather Service at Lincoln is reporting that the Embarras is at 17.39 feet at the U.S. Business 50 bridge. Since the NWS began measuring the river at that location, the lowest reading has been 15.73 on Oct. 4, 2001, nearly nine years ago. Flood stage at the U.S. 50 bridge is 30 feet. The river could rise over the weekend as rain is in the forecast for most of the area. |
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