The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Crawford County in east central Illinois...
Clay County in south central Illinois...
Southeastern Effingham County in south central Illinois...
Southern Jasper County in southeastern Illinois...
Northwestern Lawrence County in southeastern Illinois...
Northwestern Richland County in southeastern Illinois...
* Until 945 PM CDT.
* At 542 PM CDT, emergency management reported thunderstorms
producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 4
inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is already occurring
across Crawford County, with several roads closed due to creeks
flooding nearby roadways.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Emergency management.
IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
drainage and low lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Olney, Robinson, Flora, Newton, Oblong, Palestine, Louisville,
Clay City, Noble, Hutsonville, Xenia, Bible Grove, Ste. Marie,
Willow Hill, Iola, Sailor Springs, West Liberty, Dundas, Bogota
and Ingraham.
Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned
area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.
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