Full Notification

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ADAMS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
BROWN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
KNOX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
SHELBY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 930 AM CDT

* AT 325 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN OVER THE
PAST SIX HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1-3 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH
EARLY MORNING.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CANTON...EDINA...PALMYRA...QUINCY...SHELBINA...BEVERLY...
BUCKHORN...CAMP POINT...CLARENCE...CLAYTON...COLONY...EMDEN...
EWING...FALL CREEK...GOLDEN...GREENSBURG...KNOX CITY...LA BELLE...
LA GRANGE...LEWISTOWN...MAUD...MAYWOOD...MENDON...MOUNT STERLING...
PAYSON...PHILADELPHIA...PLEVNA...SHELBYVILLE...STEFFENVILLE AND
WARREN.

MISSOURI ROUTE 16 EAST OF MONTICELLO IN ADDITION TO MISSOURI ROUTE
156 NEAR NEWARK HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES SILOAM SPRINGS STATE PARK AND WAKONDA STATE
PARK.

THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 172 FROM EXIT 2 TO EXIT 19.
INTERSTATE 72 NEAR EXIT 4.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA.

Instructions:

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST LOUIS.