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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
150 AM CDT TUE APR 28 2026
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FAYETTE IL-
150 AM CDT TUE APR 28 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CDT THIS MORNING
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* WHEN...UNTIL 745 AM CDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 150 AM CDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN IN THE
WARNED AREA DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
VANDALIA, ST. ELMO, RAMSEY, BROWNSTOWN, MULBERRY GROVE, FARINA,
SHOBONIER, WRIGHTS CORNER, AVENA, LA CLEDE, PITTSBURG, SHAFTER,
ST. PETER, BINGHAM, HAGERSTOWN, ST. PAUL, BAYLE CITY, ST. JAMES
AND LOOGOOTEE.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STATE PARKS...
RAMSEY LAKE STATE PARK.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 70 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN EXITS 61 AND 76. INTERSTATE 57
IN ILLINOIS NEAR EXIT 135.
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 3891 8869 3887 8869 3883 8870 3882 8900
3882 8914 3874 8914 3874 8925 3890 8926
3899 8926 3900 8925 3922 8925 3922 8881
3891 8881
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