THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR… GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS… BOND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS… MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS… MACOUPIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS… MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS… FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS… JERSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS… CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS…
* UNTIL 115 PM CST TUESDAY
* AT 115 PM CST…A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL HAD LED TO FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH RAIN WILL BE ENDING THIS EVENING…FLOOD WATERS WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE… GRANITE CITY…ALTON…COLLINSVILLE…EDWARDSVILLE…GODFREY…GLEN CARBON…WOOD RIVER…HIGHLAND…TROY…BETHALTO…JERSEYVILLE… MARYVILLE…VANDALIA…GREENVILLE…LITCHFIELD…HILLSBORO… CARLINVILLE…PONTOON BEACH…STAUNTON AND MADISON.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS… INTERSTATE 70 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN EXITS 21 AND 76. INTERSTATE 55 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN EXITS 23 AND 63. INTERSTATE 57 IN ILLINOIS NEAR EXIT 135.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES … RAMSEY LAKE STATE PARK…PERE MARQUETTE STATE PARK…BEAVER DAM STATE PARK…LAKE LOU YAEGER…AND HORSESHOE LAKE STATE PARK.