Flash Flood Watch in effect from 7 AM CDT this morning through this evening 
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A VERY MOIST AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF ILLINOIS TODAY AND COMBINE WITH A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO PRODUCE MODERATE RAIN AND HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH EACH STORM THAT DEVELOPS...BUT TRAINING OF SOME OF THESE STORMS ALONG THE FRONT WILL BE POSSIBLE...LEADING TO THE POTENTIAL OF FLASH FLOODING. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CHRISTIAN...DE WITT...LOGAN...MACON... MASON...MENARD...MOULTRIE...PIATT...SANGAMON AND SHELBY. IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CHAMPAIGN...CLARK...COLES...CRAWFORD... CUMBERLAND...DOUGLAS...EDGAR AND VERMILION. IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CLAY AND EFFINGHAM. IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS... JASPER...LAWRENCE AND RICHLAND. IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... CASS...MORGAN...SCHUYLER AND SCOTT.
* FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING
* VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER A PORTION OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN COULD OCCUR ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...HOWEVER HIGHER AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME IN THE STRONGER STORMS.
* AFFECTED AREAS: CASS ... CHAMPAIGN ... CHRISTIAN ... CLARK ... CLAY ... COLES ... CRAWFORD ... CUMBERLAND ... DE WITT ... DOUGLAS ... EDGAR ... EFFINGHAM ... JASPER ... LAWRENCE ... LOGAN ... MACON ... MASON ... MENARD ... MORGAN ... MOULTRIE ... PIATT ... RICHLAND ... SANGAMON ... SCHUYLER ... SCOTT ... SHELBY ... VERMILION
Instructions:
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
Address/Location
Shelby County Emergency Management Agency
315 East Main Street
Shelbyville, IL 62565
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 217-774-1499