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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
318 AM CDT SAT JUL 11 2026
ILC157-111115-
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RANDOLPH IL-
318 AM CDT SAT JUL 11 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM CDT THIS MORNING
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
* WHEN...UNTIL 615 AM CDT.
* IMPACTS...IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR ALL THE WATER FROM THESE
STORMS TO WORK THROUGH LOCAL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 318 AM CDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN IN THE
WARNED AREA DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY. BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE 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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 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 3822 9003 3822 8959
BRC
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