THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 1218 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN APPROACHING THE WARNED AREA. NEARLY 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN FROM THE LATE MORNING THUNDERSTORM ...PRIMARILY BETWEEN NEWTON AND WEST LIBERTY. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... NEWTON...STE. MARIE...WILLOW HILL...WEST LIBERTY...BOGOTA... AND LATONA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS.
Flash Flood Warning
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Jul 18, 2016 | 12:39 PM