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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1143 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026
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MACOUPIN IL-
1143 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT TUESDAY
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...MACOUPIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
* WHEN...UNTIL 400 AM CDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1143 PM CDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN IN THE
WARNED AREA DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE 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 3935 9015 3952 9015 3952 8970 3900 8970
3900 9015
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