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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
1004 PM CDT Sun Jul 20 2025

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southern Shelby County in central Illinois...
  Effingham County in south central Illinois...

* Until 400 AM CDT.

* At 1002 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain
  have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 1.5 inches in 1
  hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in
  the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  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...
  Effingham, Altamont, Teutopolis, Watson, Stewardson, Cowden,
  Dieterich, Tower Hill, Beecher City, Edgewood, Herrick, Mason,
  Shumway, Montrose, Heartville, Strasburg, Clarksburg, Sigel,
  Oconee and Mode.

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 3938 8847 3917 8847 3917 8836 3891 8836
      3891 8881 3922 8881 3922 8914 3935 8914
      3935 8903 3940 8902

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-1.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

NMA