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DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...MOULTRIE AND SHELBY. IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CLARK...COLES...CUMBERLAND... DOUGLAS AND EDGAR. IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...CLAY...CRAWFORD... EFFINGHAM...JASPER...LAWRENCE AND RICHLAND.

* FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING

* SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL ILLINOIS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...PRODUCING WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN. TOTAL RAINFALL WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES...BUT MAY BE AS MUCH 3 INCHES IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS ALONG THE I-70 CORRIDOR.

* THE EXPECTED HEAVY RAIN FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING OF MANY LOW-LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. URBAN FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY DUE TO CLOGGED STORM DRAINS. IN ADDITION...RAPID RISES ARE EXPECTED ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CLARK ... CLAY ... COLES ... CRAWFORD ... CUMBERLAND ... DOUGLAS ... EDGAR ... EFFINGHAM ... JASPER ... LAWRENCE ... MOULTRIE ... RICHLAND ... SHELBY

Instructions:

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.