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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
546 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 800 PM CDT.
* AT 546 PM CDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOODING ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH
FLOODING IS ONGOING.
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.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
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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