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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
144 PM CDT MON MAY 18 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
WESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT.
* AT 144 PM CDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 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...
LOUISVILLE, WATSON, DIETERICH, EDGEWOOD, MASON, BIBLE GROVE,
WHEELER, SAILOR SPRINGS, IOLA, ROSE HILL, HORD AND INGRAHAM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3891 8881 3899 8881 3911 8814 3876 8836
3871 8870 3891 8869
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
BARNES
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