Flood Watch Continues Through 9 am

                        

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Flood Watch

National Weather Service Lincoln IL

951 PM CDT Mon May 18 2026



ILZ054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-190400-

/O.EXP.KILX.FA.A.0005.000000T0000Z-260519T0300Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

Moultrie-Douglas-Coles-Edgar-Shelby-Cumberland-Clark-Effingham-

Jasper-Crawford-Clay-Richland-Lawrence-

Including the cities of Paris, Greenup, Robinson, Charleston,

Newton, Sullivan, Marshall, Effingham, Flora, Olney,

Lawrenceville, Shelbyville, Mattoon, and Tuscola

951 PM CDT Mon May 18 2026



...FLOOD WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...



The Flood Watch will expire for portions of central, east central,

and southeast Illinois, including the following counties, in central

Illinois, Shelby. In east central Illinois, Clark, Coles,

Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and Moultrie. In southeast Illinois,

Clay, Crawford, Effingham, Jasper, Lawrence and Richland.



The flooding threat has ended. Therefore, the Flood Watch will

expire at 10 PM CDT this evening.



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Deubelbeiss

48-hour precipitation forecast

Difference between watch and warning

Flash floods can escalate quickly