Flash Flood Warning until 04:00AM Sunday
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHWESTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 400 AM CST SUNDAY
* AT 759 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... EFFINGHAM...TAYLORVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...SULLIVAN...PANA...MOUNT ZION...ALTAMONT...ARTHUR...MOWEAQUA...KINCAID...BETHANY... ASSUMPTION...BLUE MOUND...MACON...LOVINGTON...MORRISONVILLE... STONINGTON...WINDSOR...STEWARDSON AND FINDLAY. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 158 AND 170. INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 78 AND 98.
* AFFECTED AREAS: CHRISTIAN ... EFFINGHAM ... MACON ... MOULTRIE ... SHELBY
Instructions:
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
Address/Location
Shelby County Emergency Management Agency
315 East Main Street
Shelbyville, IL 62565
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 217-774-1499
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP SHELBYEMA followed by your message, to 888777
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
- Certainty:
- Likely (p > ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Flash Flood Warning