958 
FPUS73 KILX 231642
NOWILX

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1142 AM CDT FRI AUG 23 2002

ILZ042>053-055-231800-
CASS-CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-DEWITT-DOUGLAS-LOGAN-MACON-MENARD-MORGAN-
PIATT-SANGAMON-SCOTT-VERMILION-

.NOW...
...A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THIS AFTERNOON...

EXPECT RAIN TO CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON. THROUGH 1 PM...MOST OF THE RAIN WILL BE FOUND BETWEEN
JACKSONVILLE TO SPRINGFIELD...WITH THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE SOUTH OF
A SPRINGFIELD TO CHAMPAIGN LINE. THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL
CONTINUE TO SHIFT SOUTH...MOVING SOUTH OF THE AREA BY MID-
AFTERNOON.

$$

ILZ027>031-036>038-040-041-231800-
FULTON-KNOX-MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN-PEORIA-SCHUYLER-STARK-TAZEWELL-
WOODFORD-

.NOW...
LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE TO DAMPEN THE DAY ACROSS CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

$$

ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-231800-
CLARK-CLAY-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND-

.NOW...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE IN AN HOURS TIME.

$$

ILZ054-056-057-061-231800-
COLES-EDGAR-MOULTRIE-SHELBY-

.NOW...
...A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...

THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH
EARLY AFTERNOON. THROUGH 1 PM...THE GREATEST THREAT FOR STORMS WILL
BE SOUTH OF A TAYLORVILLE TO PARIS LINE. THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL
CONTINUE TO SHIFT SOUTH...MOVING SOUTH OF THE AREA BY MID-
AFTERNOON.

$$

PLAHMER