687 
FPUS73 KILX 221522
NOWILX

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1021 AM CDT THU AUG 22 2002

ILZ027>030-036-040-221700-
FULTON-KNOX-MARSHALL-PEORIA-SCHUYLER-STARK-

.NOW...
...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AT LOCATIONS WEST OF
THE ILLINOIS RIVER LATE THIS MORNING. THROUGH NOON...THE HEAVIEST
RAIN WILL BE FOUND ACROSS PORTIONS OF KNOX COUNTY...WHERE UP TO AN
INCH OF RAIN MAY FALL IN AN HOUR. FARTHER TO THE EAST...AMOUNTS WILL
AVERAGE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS REACHING UP
TO ONE HALF INCH. THE THREAT OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA
THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

$$

ILZ031-037-041-221700-
MASON-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD-

.NOW...
...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT...
RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INTO LOCATIONS EAST OF THE
ILLINOIS RIVER LATE THIS MORNING. HEAVIER RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL THE AFTERNOON. IN THE MEANTIME...RAINFALL
AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH IN AN
HOUR ONCE THE RAIN STARTS.

$$

PLAHMER