With heavy rains on the way, the National Weather Service in St. Louis has released an updated flood warning for the Kaskaskia River in Vandalia. With heavy rains on the way for today, Saturday and into Sunday morning, the river is expected to rise rapidly over the weekend and go over it’s 18 foot flood stage on Sunday, crest at 26.1 feet on Monday afternoon before beginning to fall. At that level, some of the levees could be overtopped and lead to some field flooding.