Springfield, IL Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Sangamon County in central Illinois...

* Until 1215 PM CDT.

* At 1003 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of
rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 1.5 inches in
1 hour. 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...
Springfield, Sherman, Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport, Illinois
State Fairgrounds, Jerome, Southern View, Leland Grove, Grandview
and Curran.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
158 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS

IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 32 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

CHRISTIAN             DE WITT               LOGAN
MACON                 MASON                 MCLEAN
MENARD                PEORIA                SANGAMON
SHELBY                TAZEWELL              WOODFORD

IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

CHAMPAIGN             CLARK                 COLES
CUMBERLAND            DOUGLAS               EDGAR
MOULTRIE              PIATT                 VERMILION

IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS

CLAY                  CRAWFORD              EFFINGHAM
JASPER                LAWRENCE              RICHLAND

IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

CASS                  FULTON                MORGAN
SCHUYLER              SCOTT

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BEARDSTOWN, BLOOMINGTON, CANTON,
CHAMPAIGN, CHARLESTON, CLINTON, DANVILLE, DECATUR, EFFINGHAM,
EUREKA, FLORA, GREENUP, HAVANA, JACKSONVILLE, LAWRENCEVILLE,
LINCOLN, MARSHALL, MATTOON, MONTICELLO, NEWTON, NORMAL, OLNEY,
PARIS, PEKIN, PEORIA, PETERSBURG, ROBINSON, RUSHVILLE,
SHELBYVILLE, SPRINGFIELD, SULLIVAN, TAYLORVILLE, TUSCOLA, URBANA,
AND WINCHESTER.