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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
320 PM CDT THU MAY 16 2013

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS DURING
THE LATE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON...WITH RADAR ESTIMATING
FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS LAWRENCE AND SOUTHERN CRAWFORD
COUNTIES... WESTWARD TO NEAR OLNEY. A NARROW BAND OF AROUND AN
INCH OF RAIN ALSO OCCURRED WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...TO JUST SOUTH OF
TAYLORVILLE. THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS SAW MAINLY
SCATTERED SHOWERS...WHICH HAD LARGELY DISSIPATED BY MID AFTERNOON.
THE RAIN IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS KEPT TEMPERATURES LARGELY IN THE
60S...WITH UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S COMMON IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

A STATIONARY FRONT...WHICH EXTENDED FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO
OHIO...WILL BEGIN SLOWLY LIFTING NORTHWARD ON FRIDAY. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT WITH THIS BOUNDARY IN
THE AREA...WITH THE RAIN THREAT DIMINISHING SOUTH OF THE FRONT BY
SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE NORMAL...AND BECOME
EVEN WARMER DURING THE WEEKEND AS THE FRONT MOVES FURTHER NORTH.

LOW TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE MIDWEST TONIGHT WILL MAINLY BE IN THE
LOWER TO MID 60S...EXCEPT FOR SOME 40S AND 50S NEAR THE GREAT
LAKES...WESTWARD INTO EASTERN IOWA. HIGHS ON FRIDAY WILL RANGE
FROM THE 60S OVER WISCONSIN...TO THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER 80S
ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE MIDWEST.

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GEELHART