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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
341 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT.
* AT 341 PM CDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 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...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...
VANDALIA, NOKOMIS, ST. ELMO, RAMSEY, WITT, BROWNSTOWN, WRIGHTS
CORNER, AVENA, IRVING, SHAFTER, FILLMORE, COALTON, OHLMAN, BINGHAM,
WENONAH, BAYLE CITY AND CHAPMAN.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STATE PARKS...
RAMSEY LAKE STATE PARK.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN EXITS 61 AND 76.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3904 8925 3925 8949 3935 8927 3935 8914
3922 8914 3922 8881 3900 8881 3893 8902
3896 8916
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
CARNEY
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