The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a * Flood Warning for... Coles County in east central Illinois... Christian County in central Illinois... Moultrie County in central Illinois... Shelby County in central Illinois... Western Cumberland County in east central Illinois... * Until 845 PM CDT Thursday. * At 239 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain that will cause flooding. Radar estimates that three to locally five inches of rain have already fallen. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Charleston, Mattoon, Taylorville, Shelbyville, Sullivan, Toledo, Pana, Moweaqua, Neoga, Kincaid, Bethany, Assumption, Edinburg, Morrisonville, Stonington, Windsor, Stewardson, Findlay, Cowden and Tower Hill. This includes the following highways... Interstate 57 between mile markers 169 and 201. Interstate 70 between mile markers 110 and 111. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
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