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WGUS83 KLSX 051151
FLSLSX
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
551 AM CST THU MAR 5 2026
ILC121-051500-
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MARION IL-
551 AM CST THU MAR 5 2026
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
* WHERE...MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* WHEN...UNTIL 900 AM CST.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
RISES IN SMALL STREAMS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 551 AM CST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE SMALL STREAM FLOODING. BETWEEN 1
AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER
THE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CENTRALIA, SALEM, SANDOVAL, WAMAC, CENTRAL CITY, ODIN, KINMUNDY,
PATOKA, FARINA, OMEGA, STEPHEN FORBES STATION, FAIRMAN, HELM,
TONTI, IUKA, JUNCTION CITY, ALMA, KELL, VERNON AND WALNUT HILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3882 8894 3882 8880 3883 8870 3848 8870
3848 8897 3847 8900 3847 8914 3882 8914
BRC
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