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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
421 AM CDT THU APR 3 2008

MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES WERE FOUND OVER
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS OVERNIGHT.  HOWEVER...CLOUDS INCREASED
FROM THE SOUTH BY THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING
STORM SYSTEM IN THE PLAINS.

A WARM FRONT EXTENDING FROM A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE PLAINS...
EAST THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...AND PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF RAIN ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN MIDWEST...WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN HIT HARD BY FLOODING
DURING THE PAST TWO WEEKS. A FLASH FLOOD OR FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
FOR SOUTHERN MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHERN INDIANA...AND
MUCH OF KENTUCKY...TODAY INTO EARLY FRIDAY.  FARTHER NORTH...LIGHT TO
MODERATE RAINS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY AND
TONIGHT.

HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL REACH THE UPPER 40S TO UPPER 50S ACROSS
THE MIDWEST...WHILE LOWS TONIGHT WILL DROP INTO THE 30S AND 40S.

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CHS