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.
