629 FPUS73 KILX 191404 NOWILX SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 904 AM CDT MON AUG 19 2002 ILZ038-043>046-054>057-191500- CHAMPAIGN-COLES-DEWITT-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-MCLEAN-MOULTRIE-PIATT-VERMILION- .NOW... SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. THROUGH 10 AM...THE HEAVIEST BANDS OF RAIN WILL OCCUR FROM DANVILLE TO CHARLESTON AND AROUND BLOOMINGTON. IN THESE AREAS... ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE...THE RAIN THREAT SHOULD GRADUALLY COME TO AN END NORTHWEST OF A CLINTON TO COOKSVILLE LINE AFTER 10 AM. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY IF PLANNING ON TRAVELING ACROSS NORTHERN VERMILION AND CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES WHERE RAINFALL OF 6 TO 8 INCHES OCCURRED OVERNIGHT. $$ ILZ042-047>053-061-191500- CASS-CHRISTIAN-LOGAN-MACON-MENARD-MORGAN-SANGAMON-SCOTT-SHELBY- .NOW... ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS MORNING. THROUGH 10 AM...THE RAIN WILL BE EAST OF A LINCOLN TO JACKSONVILLE LINE. LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF A QUARTER TO HALF AN INCH. THIS WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL PONDING ON AREA ROADWAYS THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...ESCAPE RISING WATER BY MOVING DIRECTLY TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT CAMP OR PARK YOUR VEHICLE ALONG STREAMS AND WASHES. PAY ATTENTION TO THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE MOVEMENT AND TO RAPID INCREASES IN STREAM LEVELS AND FLOW. $$ ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-191500- CLARK-CLAY-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND- .NOW... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. THROUGH 10 AM...SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. AREAS EAST OF AN OLNEY TO ROBINSON LINE WILL SEE THE STRONGEST BAND OF STORMS MOVE THROUGH DURING THE NEXT HOUR. $$ BYRD