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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
458 AM CDT WED MAR 11 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 700 AM CDT.
* AT 457 AM CDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING ON MAIN
STREET AND WATER STREET IN DECATUR. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
DECATUR, MOUNT ZION, FORSYTH, HARRISTOWN, LONG CREEK, BLUE MOUND,
OREANA, NIANTIC, DECATUR AIRPORT, OAKLEY, ELWIN, BOODY AND HERVEY
CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3980 8914 3983 8920 3989 8922 3990 8922
3997 8877 3975 8878 3970 8914 3974 8913
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
ERWIN
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