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Sunday, April 30, 2017

Flood Warning (April 30: 12:48 - 9 a.m.): Shelby County, IL

Posted at Weather Channel online (www.weather.com) by National Weather service:

12:48am CDT, Sun Apr 30
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR... COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHEASTERN MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS... CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 945 AM CDT SUNDAY * AT 1241 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVY RAIN THAT OCCURRED OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA FOR THE TIME. HOWEVER, ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM JUST WEST OF EFFINGHAM NORTHEAST TO NEAR MARSHALL IN CLARK COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THE WATER HAS RECEDED IN MANY OF THE AREAS EARLY THIS MORNING, THE ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS EXPECTED THIS MORNING MAY CAUSE SOME PROBLEMS ON AREA ROADWAYS, ESPECIALLY SECONDARY ROADS.

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