Flash Flood Warning until 09:00AM 
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for... Southern Shelby County in central Illinois... Southwestern Crawford County in east central Illinois... Southern Cumberland County in east central Illinois... Effingham County in south central Illinois... Jasper County in southeastern Illinois...
* Until 900 AM CDT.
* At 549 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to 1 inch of rain has fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Effingham, Newton, Altamont, Teutopolis, Oblong, Watson, Stewardson, Cowden, Dieterich, Tower Hill, Beecher City, Edgewood, Ste. Marie, Willow Hill, Jewett, Shumway, Montrose, Wheeler, Hidalgo and Bogota. Heavy rainfall on areas saturated by heavy rainfall last night will promote rapid runoff and flash flooding.
* AFFECTED AREAS: CRAWFORD, IL ... CUMBERLAND, IL ... EFFINGHAM, IL ... JASPER, IL ... SHELBY, IL
Instructions:
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Address/Location
Shelby County Emergency Management Agency
315 East Main Street
Shelbyville, IL 62565
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 217-774-1499