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FPUS73 KILX 100329
NOWILX

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1027 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2003

ILZ027>031-036>038-040-041-100501-
FULTON IL-KNOX IL-MARSHALL IL-MASON IL-MCLEAN IL-PEORIA IL-
SCHUYLER IL-STARK IL-TAZEWELL IL-WOODFORD IL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSHVILLE...PEORIA...PEKIN...MASON CITY...
LEWISTOWN...LACON...HAVANA...GALESBURG...EUREKA...
CANTON AND BLOOMINGTON
1027 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2003

.NOW...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 2 AM...
FLOODING WILL BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS THROUGH THE 
NIGHT...AS SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS 
THE REGION. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 7 PM 
FROM AROUND AVON...SOUTHEAST THROUGH PEKIN...TO BLOOMINGTON...AS 
WELL AS SOUTH OF HAVANA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AT THE RATE OF UP TO 2 
INCHES AN HOUR WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT...ESPECIALLY FROM 
MORTON WEST ALONG HIGHWAY 9. 

$$
ILZ042-047>052-100501-
CASS IL-CHRISTIAN IL-LOGAN IL-MENARD IL-MORGAN IL-SANGAMON IL-
SCOTT IL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINCHESTER...VIRGINIA...TAYLORVILLE...
SPRINGFIELD...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE AND BEARDSTOWN
1027 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2003

.NOW...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 2 AM...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS 
THE REST OF THE EVENING. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE ACROSS 
NORTHERN LOGAN COUNTY...WHICH HAS ALREADY RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF 
RAINFALL THIS EVENING. THIS WILL WORSEN THE FLOODING IN THAT AREA. 
FLOODING MAY ALSO DEVELOP ELSEWHERE IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AS 
THE STORMS PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL.

$$
ILZ043>046-053>057-061-100501-
CHAMPAIGN IL-COLES IL-DE WITT IL-DOUGLAS IL-EDGAR IL-MACON IL-
MOULTRIE IL-PIATT IL-SHELBY IL-VERMILION IL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TUSCOLA...SULLIVAN...SHELBYVILLE...
RANTOUL...PARIS...MONTICELLO...MATTOON...DECATUR...DANVILLE...
CLINTON...CHARLESTON AND CHAMPAIGN
1027 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2003

.NOW...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 2 AM...
FLOODING WILL BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THROUGH THE 
NIGHT...AS SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS 
THE REGION. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 
FALLEN SINCE LATE MORNING FROM FARMER CITY TO DANVILLE...AS WELL AS 
FROM BEMENT TO CHRISMAN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES MAY 
OCCUR OVERNIGHT...WITH THE NEXT ROUND OF VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING IN 
FROM THE I-55 CORRIDOR TOWARD MIDNIGHT.

$$
ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-100501-
CLARK IL-CLAY IL-CRAWFORD IL-CUMBERLAND IL-EFFINGHAM IL-JASPER IL-
LAWRENCE IL-RICHLAND IL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...ROBINSON...OLNEY...NEWTON...
MARSHALL...LAWRENCEVILLE...FLORA AND EFFINGHAM
1027 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2003

.NOW...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 2 AM...
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND VERY 
HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTH ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS... 
THE REST OF THE EVENING. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR MAY OCCUR 
IN THE STRONGEST STORMS. THIS BAND OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO REACH 
THE HIGHWAY 50 CORRIDOR BY 1130 PM.

$$
GEELHART