000 FPUS73 KILX 141742 NOWILX SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1242 PM CDT THU OCT 14 2004 ILZ027>029-036-037-040>042-047>054-056-061>063-066>068-071>073- 141845- CASS-CHRISTIAN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-FULTON- JASPER-KNOX-LAWRENCE-LOGAN-MACON-MASON-MENARD-MORGAN-MOULTRIE-PEORIA- RICHLAND-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-SHELBY-STARK-TAZEWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECATUR...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...GALESBURG... HAVANA...JACKSONVILLE...LAWRENCEVILLE...LINCOLN...MATTOON...PEORIA... SHELBYVILLE...SPRINGFIELD AND TAYLORVILLE 1242 PM CDT THU OCT 14 2004 .NOW... LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON...AND BECOME A BIT HEAVIER SOUTH OF I-72. TOTAL RAINFALL MAY APPROACH A QUARTER INCH IN THE HEAVIER BANDS OF RAIN...BUT MOST LOCATIONS WILL SEE LIGHT AMOUNTS. AREAS NORTH OF A GALESBURG TO DECATUR LINE WILL HAVE SCATTERED SPRINKLES OR DRIZZLE BEFORE THE STEADIER RAIN ARRIVES BY MID AFTERNOON. $$ ILZ030-031-038-043>046-055-057-141845- CHAMPAIGN-DE WITT-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-MARSHALL-MCLEAN-PIATT-VERMILION- WOODFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...CHAMPAIGN... DANVILLE AND PEORIA 1242 PM CDT THU OCT 14 2004 .NOW... LIGHT RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS EASTERN ILLINOIS AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. AREAS NEAR CHAMPAIGN AND DANVILLE WILL BE THE LAST TO SEE THE RAIN ARRIVE...PROBABLY AROUND MID AFTERNOON. $$ GEELHART