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FPUS73 KILX 040339
NOWILX

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
940 PM CST WED NOV 3 2004

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>053-040445-
CASS-CHRISTIAN-DE WITT-FULTON-KNOX-LOGAN-MACON-MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN-
MENARD-MORGAN-PEORIA-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...DECATUR...GALESBURG...
HAVANA...JACKSONVILLE...LINCOLN...PEORIA...
SPRINGFIELD AND TAYLORVILLE
940 PM CST WED NOV 3 2004

.NOW...
RAIN AND OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH ACROSS
CENTRAL ILLINOIS THE REST OF THE EVENING...HOWEVER...THE RAIN WILL
BECOME MORE SCATTERED IN NATURE. THE HEAVIER RAIN BANDS WILL RESULT
IN RAINFALL OF A QUARTER TO HALF INCH IN A SHORT TIME. THROUGH 
11 PM...THIS WILL BE MOST LIKELY ACROSS AREAS NEAR BLOOMINGTON. 

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ILZ044>046-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-040445-
CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-
EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-MOULTRIE-PIATT-RICHLAND-SHELBY-VERMILION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...DANVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...MATTOON AND SHELBYVILLE
940 PM CST WED NOV 3 2004

.NOW...
A NARROW BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RACE NORTHWARD ACROSS
EASTERN ILLINOIS...REACHING THE CHAMPAIGN AREA BY 10 PM...AND
DANVILLE BEFORE 11 PM. A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN CAN BE
EXPECTED...BUT THE FAST MOVEMENT SHOULD KEEP RAINFALL AMOUNTS DOWN.
BETTER RAIN CHANCES CAN BE EXPECTED FURTHER WEST...AROUND DECATUR AND
BLOOMINGTON. FURTHER SOUTH...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
SCATTERED SOUTH OF I-70...MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTHERN TIP OF THE
STATE.

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GEELHART