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CENTRAL ILLINOIS WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
930 PM CST FRI MAR 26 2004

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS GRADUALLY CAME TO AN END THIS AFTERNOON
FROM NORTH TO SOUTH...ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...AS
A FRONTAL BOUNDARY SLID SOUTH ACROSS THE STATE. HEAVY RAINFALL WAS
OBSERVED IN MANY LOCATIONS...AND A FEW PLACES SET DAILY RAINFALL
RECORDS...THESE LOCATIONS WERE...

LOCATION      RAINFALL TODAY    OLD RECORD
URBANA         2.92 INCHES      1.03 INCHES IN 1861
DECATUR        1.36 INCHES      1.01 INCHES IN 1934
LINCOLN        1.17 INCHES      1.13 INCHES IN 1964
GALESBURG      0.95 INCHES      0.77 INCHES IN 1959

OTHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS INCLUDE...
URBANA (WILL)  2.80 INCHES
HIDALGO        2.44 INCHES
WINDSOR        1.44 INCHES
PALESTINE      1.42 INCHES
FLORA 5NW      1.26 INCHES

HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY TOPPED OUT IN THE 60S...AND RANGED FROM 62
DEGREES AT THE MATTOON AIRPORT...TO 69 DEGREES IN LINCOLN.

EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY AFTER
MIDNIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...AS THE FRONT
PUSHES NORTH. IN ADDITION...DUE TO THE ABUNDANT MOISTURE NEAR THE
SURFACE AREAS OF DENSE FOG CAN BE EXPECTED. LOWS WILL FALL INTO THE
MIDDLE 50S.

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KELLY