More Flooding Expected After Rainfall Sunday

A line of showers and thunderstorms rolling through Northern Missouri into Illinois has prompted the National Weather Service to issue flood warnings and watches Sunday.

PIKE IL-     1015 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015
    
    ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM CDT FOR  SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

AT 1013 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LIGHT TO   MODERATE RAIN MOVING BACK INTO SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF PIKE COUNTY.
RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN  OVER THIS AREA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS, AND THIS ADDITIONAL  RAIN WILL MAINTAIN THE HIGH WATER AND FLOODING THREAT.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PITTSFIELD...PLEASANT HILL...INDEPENDENCE...BEDFORD...MONTEZUMA...
MARTINSBURG...NEBO...MILTON...PEARL...DETROIT...FLORENCE...TIME...
BEECREEK...SUMMER HILL AND NEW HARTFORD.

947 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015:

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS  HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
      NORTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
      SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
    
    * UNTIL 345 PM CDT
    
* AT 945 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH   FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. THE PIKE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT  REPORTED THAT COUNTY ROAD 2 NEAR NEW SALEM HAD WASHED OUT.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GRIGGSVILLE...LA GRANGE...VERSAILLES...PERRY...BAYLIS...
CHAMBERSBURG...NEW SALEM...VALLEY CITY AND FISHHOOK.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN EXITS 31 AND 35.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. MOST  FLASH FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.    FIND ANOTHER ROUTE TO YOUR DESTINATION IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOODED  ROADS. STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME  UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.

825 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS  HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
      KNOX COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 215 PM CDT

* AT 822 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN KNOX     COUNTY.  MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN THE AREA AND  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
EDINA...KNOX CITY...COLONY...PLEVNA...GREENSBURG...HURDLAND...
NOVELTY...BARING AND NEWARK.

718 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015   

GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL-CALHOUN IL-
    JERSEY IL-KNOX MO-LEWIS MO-SHELBY MO-MARION MO-MONROE MO-RALLS MO- PIKE MO-BOONE MO-AUDRAIN MO-MONITEAU MO-CALLAWAY MO-MONTGOMERY MO- LINCOLN MO-    INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUINCY...HANNIBAL...BOWLING GREEN...
    COLUMBIA...MEXICO
   
    ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

* SOILS WILL REMAIN SATURATED...AND WITH SOME FLOODING ONGOING...A  HEIGHTENED FLASH FLOODING THREAT WILL EXIST THROUGH MONDAY   MORNING AS ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED.

* HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING OR POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS...AND ULTIMATELY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING ON
SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS. SIGNIFICANT RISES ON LARGER
STREAMS AND RIVERS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT  IMMINENT IN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE
AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING.
CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU LIVE IN
FLOOD PRONE AREAS. STAY INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION
IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.