The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for…
Bond County in south central Illinois…
Northeastern Madison County in southwestern Illinois…
Southwestern Fayette County in south central Illinois…
* Until 1045 AM CDT Thursday.
* At 435 AM CDT, local law enforcement reported thunderstorms
producing heavy rain across the warned area which have led to
Highway 140 being closed just east of Greenville. Two to four
inches of rain have already fallen, much of it within a couple
hour timeframe. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include…
Highland, Vandalia, Greenville, Pocahontas, Alhambra, Mulberry
Grove, Tamalco, Sorento, Beaver Creek, Shobonier, Woburn, Reno,
Pleasant Mound, Pierron, Pittsburg, Shafter, Keyesport, Panama,
Grantfork and New Douglas.
This includes Interstate 70 in Illinois between exits 24 and 63.