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Weather Alert

Weather Alert

.Showers and storms have produced 2 to 5 inches of rainfall across
most of the Quad State since Wednesday. A few isolated zones have
received as much as 8 inches as of early this morning. Another 4 to
8 inches of rainfall forecast through Sunday will result in a
particularly dangerous flooding and flash flooding situation.

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

* WHAT...Flash flooding and flooding caused by excessive rainfall is
expected. With 2 to 8 inches already fallen and another 4 to 8
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 over 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...

Monitor later forecasts and be alert for Flash Flood and Flood
Warnings. Be prepared to take action when flooding develops.

&&

Weather Alert

...The National Weather Service in Paducah KY has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Illinois...

Big Muddy River near Plumfield affecting Williamson and Franklin
Counties.

Big Muddy River near Murphysboro affecting Jackson County.

.A multi-day heavy rain is headed toward the region lasting through
Saturday. Three days of rainfall is incorporated into the forecast
but it still does not include the entire event. The Big Muddy River
has started to rise and increases in crest forecasts can be
expected. Now is the time to prepare for major flooding.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.

Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

&&

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...

* WHAT...Moderate flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Big Muddy River near Plumfield.

* WHEN...From late Friday night until further notice.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 10:30 AM CDT Thursday the stage was 12.5 feet.
- Forecast...The river will rise above flood stage early
Saturday morning to 30.7 feet early Monday afternoon. It will
then fall early Wednesday morning. It will rise to 30.2 feet
Wednesday evening. It will then fall again but remain above
flood stage.
- Flood stage is 20.0 feet.


&&

Two Democrats enter race for 12th Congressional District

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CARBONDALE (WSIL) � Election season gets underway in southern Illinois with a unified message from Democrats running for the 12th Congressional District.

"Lets retire Mike Bost," Ray Lenzi told a crowd of supporters multiple times during his introductory campaign rally Thursday in Carbondale.

Lenzi, of Makanda, worked at SIU for more than two decades, retiring as an associate chancellor and CEO of the SIU Research Park in 2006.

"Right now, we have a government that only cared about giving a big tax break to the super rich," Lenzi said. "This isn’t a government that represents the people or the people’s needs."

Joel Funk of Mascoutah has already filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission and he has plans for a rally in his hometown later this month.

"I’m not your average Democrat. I grew up on a farm. I come from a rural community, and then I spent my entire adult life either in a southern military college or in the military and the special operations community," Funk said. "None of those are real big liberal bastions."

Funk said Bost hasn’t represented the district well.

"Our congressman, Mike Bost, is weak," Funk said. "He’s apathetic and he does not have the appropriate leadership that we need within this district. Our district is suffering from a lack of upward mobility and prosperity."

Funk said he served 13 years in the Army and moved back home earlier this year. He criticized Bost for failing to act on ending numerous conflicts overseas, including Afghanistan, where Funk said he was deployed to five separate times.

"I was a senior in high school when 9/11 happened. We’ve been at war, operating under the same authorizations for 18 years," Funk said. "We are at war and conflict with seven different countries. If he (Bost) could list off those seven countries, I would be surprised."

Lenzi said conservative policies have failed in many areas, including health care.  

"It should cover everybody and it should be paid for by everybody and it should be more fair and balanced and not so complicated," Lenzi said.

And Funk said more liberal economic policies, like a higher minimum wage, would ultimately help people across the district.

"Certain policies which may seem extreme now are really just a means for us to catch up to where we were 50 years ago," Funk said.

Both men will be asking for votes in the March primary.

Bost is the only other candidate who filed with the FEC for the 2020 election, but he has not formally announced his reelection campaign.