* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… NORTHERN BOND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS… NORTHWESTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS… SOUTHERN MACOUPIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS… MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS… MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS… NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS… SOUTHEASTERN JERSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS… ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI… ST. CHARLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI… ST. LOUIS CITY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI… CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI… OSAGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI… NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI… WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI… SOUTHERN COLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI… SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI… NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI… GASCONADE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI… FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI…
* UNTIL 1030 PM CST SATURDAY
* AT 228 PM CST…DOPPLER RADAR…RAIN GAUGES…AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATED HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. CREEKS ARE RISING RAPIDLY…PARTICULARLY IN THE SAINT LOUIS METROPOLITAN AREA. SOME ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE MOVING INTO THE REGION…AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BECOME MUCH MORE WIDESPREAD OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING WILL DEVELOP VERY QUICKLY THIS EVENING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE… ST. LOUIS…O’FALLON…ST. CHARLES…ST. PETERS…FLORISSANT… CHESTERFIELD…BELLEVILLE…JEFFERSON CITY…WILDWOOD…UNIVERSITY CITY…BALLWIN…GRANITE CITY…WENTZVILLE…ALTON…KIRKWOOD… MARYLAND HEIGHTS…EAST ST. LOUIS…HAZELWOOD…COLLINSVILLE AND EDWARDSVILLE.