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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
928 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026
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MACOUPIN IL-
928 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR MACOUPIN COUNTY...
AT 928 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED,
HOWEVER BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE WARNING
AREA. FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE A THREAT.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
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...
CARLINVILLE, STAUNTON, VIRDEN, GILLESPIE, BRIGHTON, GIRARD, MOUNT
OLIVE, BUNKER HILL, BENLD, PALMYRA, SHIPMAN, WILSONVILLE,
SAWYERVILLE, MOUNT CLARE, EAST GILLESPIE, EAGARVILLE, PIASA,
MEDORA, NILWOOD AND WHITE CITY.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STATE PARKS...
BEAVER DAM STATE PARK.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 55 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN EXITS 41 AND 44.
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 3900 8970 3900 9015 3952 9015 3952 8970
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
CARNEY
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