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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
111 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
WESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT MONDAY.
* AT 110 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES IN 1
HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
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...
EFFINGHAM, ALTAMONT, TEUTOPOLIS, WATSON, STEWARDSON, COWDEN,
DIETERICH, BEECHER CITY, EDGEWOOD, MASON, BIBLE GROVE, SHUMWAY,
MONTROSE, WHEELER, HEARTVILLE, WOODBURY, STRASBURG, CLARKSBURG,
SIGEL AND IOLA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3922 8897 3926 8899 3940 8872 3918 8827
3882 8826 3882 8870 3891 8869 3891 8881
3922 8881
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.5-1.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
MJA
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