Full Notification

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... CHRISTIAN...DE WITT...LOGAN...MACON...MARSHALL...MASON... MCLEAN...MENARD...MOULTRIE...PEORIA...PIATT...SANGAMON... SHELBY...TAZEWELL AND WOODFORD. IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... CHAMPAIGN...CLARK...COLES...CRAWFORD...CUMBERLAND...DOUGLAS... EDGAR AND VERMILION. IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...STARK. IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CLAY AND EFFINGHAM. IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...JASPER...LAWRENCE AND RICHLAND. IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CASS...FULTON...KNOX...MORGAN...SCHUYLER AND SCOTT.

* FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING

* A WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA TOMORROW THROUGH TOMROROW NIGHT. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AS THEY MOVE OVER THE AREA. AN AREA OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED SOUTH OF I-72 THROUGH THE PERIOD. HOWEVER...AROUND AN INCH IS POSSIBLE NORTH OF THIS AREA. THE GROUND STILL REMAINS SOMEWHAT SATURATED SO ANY HEAVY RAINLL FALL COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

* HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS...RESULTING IN THE POTENTIAL OF DANGEROUS FLOODING ON SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS. THIS COULD ALSO CAUSE RISES ON LARGER RIVERS AND STREAMS THAT ARE HAVE BEEN RECEDING IN THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS...AND CAUSE OTHER RIVERS TO REMAIN IN THE STATE OF FLOOD FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CASS ... CHAMPAIGN ... CHRISTIAN ... CLARK ... CLAY ... COLES ... CRAWFORD ... CUMBERLAND ... DE WITT ... DOUGLAS ... EDGAR ... EFFINGHAM ... FULTON ... JASPER ... KNOX ... LAWRENCE ... LOGAN ... MACON ... MARSHALL ... MASON ... MCLEAN ... MENARD ... MORGAN ... MOULTRIE ... PEORIA ... PIATT ... RICHLAND ... SANGAMON ... SCHUYLER ... SCOTT ... SHELBY ... STARK ... TAZEWELL ... VERMILION ... WOODFORD

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.