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Weather Alert

Weather Alert

.Showers and storms last night produced 1 to 3 inches of rainfall
across the Quad State. With another 6 to 10 inches of rainfall
forecast through Sunday, a particularly dangerous flooding and flash
flooding situation is expected.

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Flash flooding and flooding caused by excessive rainfall is
expected. With 1 to 3 inches already fallen and another 7 to 10
inches forecast, a particularly dangerous situation is likely to
develop.

* WHERE...All of southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, western
Kentucky, and  southeast Missouri.

* WHEN...Through Sunday morning.

* IMPACTS...
...This is a particularly dangerous situation...

Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams,
and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Creeks and streams
may rise out of their banks. Low-water crossings may be flooded.
Extensive street flooding may develop. Flooding may occur in homes,
businesses and other locations not normally subject to flooding.
Roadways may wash away near creeks and culverts.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Multiple rounds of locally heavy rainfall over several days
will result in extreme forecast amounts of up to 1 foot of
rain that will cause the risk of flash flooding and flooding
to rise markedly and create a particularly dangerous flooding
situation.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.

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UNSUNG HERO: Stacy Mckinney and her team at SIH

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UNSUNG HERO: Stacy Mckinney and her team at SIH

CARBONDALE, IL (WSIL) -- This week's Unsung Hero is Nurse Stacy Mckinney and her team at 九游体育 Illinois Healthcare.

After the devastating shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde Texas, Stacy came up with the idea of giving back to people at Uvalde Memorial who were trying to save lives.

"That's the worst day ever in the E.R. is to deal with the death of a child," explained Mckinney.聽

But it wasn't just one child dead on May 24th, it was 19.

"I mean I can't imagine what they went through but dealing with the death of a child plus being a small community they had to be related or know some of those kids," added Mckinney

Sitting more than a thousand miles away, Mckinney decided to do something to help, sending breakfast to the staff at Uvalde Memorial.

"I read that they had 13 kids and two adults all at one time and most of those didn't make it and that's like the most horrific day I could even imagine. So food is comfort," said Mckinney.聽

Comfort a community certainly needed

"So she and we all collected some money, door dashed breakfast to them. She called down to get their exact address and who it could be delivered to before we sent it. Then she called down after it was delivered just to make sure that they got all their food and coffee and the nurse there was just bawling on the phone and was just so grateful for the things that she had done," said another member of Stacy's team at 九游体育 Illinois Healthcare.聽

Her staff obviously grateful for Stacy too.聽

"I'm overwhelmed very, It's definitely not why I did it," added Mckinney.聽

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