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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
600 AM CDT THU JUL 1 1993

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THIS MORNING FOR CENTRAL AND EAST
CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

AT 550 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER
CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.  THE STORMS WERE EAST OF A LINE FROM
45 MILES NORTH OF SPRINFIELD TO 5 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD TO 20 MILES
NORTH OF ST LOUIS MISSOURI.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25
MILES AN HOUR.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING OVER PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

PATCHY AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN WILL GRADUALLY END BY 7 AM OVER CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...WHILE RAIN OVER EAST CENTRAL SECTIONS SHOULD END BY 9 AM.

DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.

SOME FLOODING OF STREETS...VIADUCTS AND LOW LYING AREAS HAS BEEN
REPORTED IN CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.  RAINFALL AT CAPITAL
AIRPORT IN SPRINGFIELD TOTALLED 3.00 INCHES AS OF 600 AM CDT.

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED STREETS OR LOW
WATER CROSSINGS.

BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING THIS MORNING.  STAY TUNED
TO YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER INFORMATION SOURCE FOR ADDITIONAL FSTATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

BYRD