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Flood Watch
Issued: 4:18 PM Apr. 27, 2026 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.

* WHERE...Portions of Illinois, including the following areas, Bond
IL, Calhoun IL, Clinton IL, Fayette IL, Greene IL, Jersey IL,
Macoupin IL, Madison IL, Marion IL, Monroe IL, Montgomery IL, Saint
Clair IL and Washington IL and Missouri, including the following
areas, Audrain MO, Boone MO, Callaway MO, Cole MO, Franklin MO,
Gasconade MO, Jefferson MO, Lincoln MO, Moniteau MO, Montgomery MO,
Osage MO, Pike MO, Saint Charles MO, Saint Louis City MO, Saint
Louis MO and Warren MO.

* WHEN...Until 9 PM CDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Thunderstorms producing heavy rainfall moving over the same areas
will have the potential to produce flash flooding.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.

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Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 1:39 PM Apr. 27, 2026 – National Weather Service
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
158 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS

IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES

IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

BOND                  CLINTON               FAYETTE
MARION                MONTGOMERY            WASHINGTON

IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS

MACOUPIN

IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

ADAMS                 BROWN

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CENTRALIA, LITCHFIELD,
MOUNT STERLING, QUINCY, SALEM, AND VANDALIA.

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