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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
135 AM CDT SAT JUL 11 2026
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RANDOLPH IL-
135 AM CDT SAT JUL 11 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CDT EARLY THIS
MORNING FOR RANDOLPH COUNTY...
AT 135 AM CDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 0.5 TO 1 INCH IN 1 HOUR.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT 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...
CHESTER, SPARTA, RED BUD, BREMEN, STEELEVILLE, PERCY, COULTERVILLE,
TILDEN, EVANSVILLE, BALDWIN, EDEN, PRESTON, BLAIR, PRAIRIE DU
ROCHER, PRAIRIE, ELLIS GROVE, RUMA AND HOUSTON.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STATE PARKS...
PINEY CREEK RAVINE STATE NATURAL AREA, RANDOLPH COUNTY STATE
RECREATION AREA, WORLD SHOOTING AND RECREATIONAL COMPLEX, TURKEY
BLUFFS STATE FISH AND WILDLIFE AREA AND KASKASKIA RIVER STATE FISH
AND WILDLIFE AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3822 9003 3822 8959 3796 8960 3782 8968
3780 8967 3785 8974 3785 8979 3788 8980
3791 8984 3787 8990 3787 8994 3793 8997
3796 8993 3797 8994 3796 9000 3801 9006
3803 9011 3806 9013 3809 9021 3814 9004
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.5-1 INCH IN 1 HOUR
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