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WGUS73 KLSX 262248

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ILC121-262315-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

445 PM CST FRI MAR 26 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MARION COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...



WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT WHILE SHOWERS CONTINUE 

ACROSS MOST OF MARION COUNTY...THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE 

FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.  AT 440 PM...THE 

MARION COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED THAT THE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING 

IN AND AROUND SALEM HAS DIMINISHED.



A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY 

EVENING.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT 

AND TOMORROW ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR 

MORE HEAVY RAINFALL.  ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WHICH AFFECTS THE AREA 

WILL FALL ON SATURATED GROUND AND WOULD LIKELY PRODUCE ADDITIONAL 

FLOODING.



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