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Flash Flood Watch

(12:21 p.m. Monday announcement)

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[March 18, 2008]  A flood watch continues through Tuesday evening for a portion of central Illinois, including the following counties: Cass, DeWitt, Fulton, Knox, Logan, Marshall, Mason, McLean, Menard, Morgan, Peoria, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, Stark, Tazewell and Woodford.

Showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop and spread across the watch area by Monday afternoon. Locally heavy rainfall of 1.5 to 2 inches is expected through Tuesday afternoon. The heaviest rains, northwest of a line from Springfield to Bloomington, will come earlier in the event, mainly Monday afternoon and into Monday night.

This locally heavy rainfall will produce excessive runoff and will likely lead to flooding on area creeks, streams and rivers. Flooding of underpasses and low-lying areas near roads will be possible. In addition, the Illinois River will most likely climb above flood stage in the days following these heavy rains.

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. People living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop.

[Text from announcement received from the Emergency Email Network]

 

 

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