FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 202 PM CST MON JAN 28 2013 ILZ038-042>046-051>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-290415- /O.NEW.KILX.FA.A.0002.130129T1800Z-130130T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MCLEAN-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN- MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...LINCOLN... CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE... DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM... FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 202 PM CST MON JAN 28 2013 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CHRISTIAN...DE WITT...LOGAN... MACON...MCLEAN...MOULTRIE...PIATT...SANGAMON AND SHELBY. IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CHAMPAIGN...CLARK...COLES... CUMBERLAND...DOUGLAS...EDGAR AND VERMILION. IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...CLAY...CRAWFORD...EFFINGHAM...JASPER...LAWRENCE AND RICHLAND. * FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT * HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND ALL OF EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. A LARGE PART OF THE AREA HAS FROZEN GROUND AND THIS WILL CAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THE RAIN TO BECOME RUNOFF...CAUSING A RAPID RISE OF STREAMS AND AREA RIVERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
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