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...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS... .A WEAK COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SETTLE INTO PARTS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS LATER TODAY AND THEN BECOME STATIONARY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR THIS EVENING. THE BOUNDARY IS THEN FORECAST TO LIFT NORTH AS A WARM FRONT AS UPPER LEVEL ENERGY MOVES INTO FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL INTERACT WITH A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY BRINGING PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN. LOCAL AMOUNTS MAY EXCEED 3 INCHES IN A FEW LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY IF THE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING

* PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE ATMOSPHERE IS QUITE FAVORABLE FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES. IN ADDITION...STORMS MAY TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREA...INCREASING THE LIKELIHOOD OF FLASH FLOODING.

* MANY AREAS WILL SEE RAPID RISES IN AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS LATER TONIGHT AND DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. FLOODING OF ROADWAYS MAY OCCUR AS WELL WITH SUCH HIGH RAINFALL RATES EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE MORE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CHRISTIAN ... 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.