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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1115 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2001



...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL 

ILLINOIS THROUGH MIDNIGHT...



A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT FOR AREAS IN CENTRAL 

ILLINOIS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BLOOMINGTON...TO DECATUR...TO 

TAYLORVILLE. THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF...



KNOX...STARK...MARSHALL...PEORIA...WOODFORD...MCLEAN...FULTON...

MASON...TAZEWELL...SCHUYLER...CASS...MENARD...LOGAN...DE WITT...

SCOTT...MORGAN...SANGAMON AND CHRISTIAN.



LARGER CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE...



GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON/NORMAL...SPRINGFIELD...JACKSONVILLE

...LINCOLN...DECATUR...TAYLORVILLE AND BEARDSTOWN.



A STRONG LATE WINTER STORM SYSTEM IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...WILL DEEPEN 

QUICKLY NORTHEAST INTO IOWA THIS EVENING. A STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND 

WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF THE LOW...TRANSPORTING ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE 

INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THIS STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH 

THE MOISTURE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL ALONG WITH SCATTERED 

THUNDERSTORMS. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 

INCHES BY MIDNIGHT.



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR FLOODING OF

LOW LYING AREAS...INCLUDING RIVERS AND STREAMS. IF YOU LIVE IN AN

AREA THAT IS PRONE TO FLOODING...BE SURE TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION

CAREFULLY AS THE PERSISTENT RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING

PROBLEMS. 



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL 

UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.



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