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...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES. IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... CHRISTIAN...LOGAN...MACON...MASON...MENARD...MOULTRIE... SANGAMON AND SHELBY. IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CLARK... COLES...CRAWFORD AND CUMBERLAND. IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS... CLAY...EFFINGHAM...JASPER...LAWRENCE AND RICHLAND. IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CASS...FULTON...MORGAN...SCHUYLER AND SCOTT.

* FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.

* AS AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE MIDWEST THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS...IT WILL TRANSPORT ABUNDANT MOISTURE NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. THIS MOISTURE...UNUSUALLY COPIOUS FOR THE MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER...WILL RESULT IN AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF RAINFALL WHICH WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. TOTAL RAINFALL THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT IS EXPECTED TO BE IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES FROM HAVANA TO EFFINGHAM WESTWARD...AND RANGE FROM 2.5 TO 3 INCHES AS FAR NORTH AS THE I-74 CORRIDOR.

* GIVEN THE EXTENDED DURATION OF THE RAINFALL...THE MAIN THREATS FOR FLOODING WILL BE IN NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS...ALONG WITH PONDING OF WATER ON STREETS AND ROADS. THIS IS ESPECIALLY LIKELY WHERE FALLEN LEAVES HAVE CLOGGED STORM DRAINS.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CASS ... CHRISTIAN ... CLARK ... CLAY ... COLES ... CRAWFORD ... CUMBERLAND ... EFFINGHAM ... FULTON ... JASPER ... LAWRENCE ... LOGAN ... MACON ... MASON ... MENARD ... MORGAN ... MOULTRIE ... RICHLAND ... SANGAMON ... SCHUYLER ... SCOTT ... SHELBY

Instructions:

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. 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.