Flood Potential Outlook
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HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1205 PM CST SAT JAN 23 2010

...STORM SYSTEM TO BRING MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TO
PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...

LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATE
TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. AS THE LOW APPROACHES THE AREA TONIGHT
RAIN WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD OVER CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
ILLINOIS. PRESENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL
OCCUR ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 72 WHERE ONE TO LOCALLY ONE
AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY MORNING. RAINFALL
OF THIS MAGNITUDE OVER AN ALREADY SATURATED AND FROZEN GROUND WILL
LEAD TO RAPID RUNOFF INTO CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS...WHICH COULD
LEAD TO FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. RIVERS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE
SIGNIFICANT RISES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL INCLUDE THE LITTLE
WABASH AND EMBARRAS BASINS.

FURTHER NORTH AND WEST...RAINFALL OF A HALF TO LOCALLY ONE INCH
WILL BE POSSIBLE...STILL ENOUGH TO CAUSE SOME SIGNIFICANT IN-BANK
RISES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. PARTS OF THE SANGAMON AND VERMILION
BASINS WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT RISES FROM THIS EXPECTED RAINFALL
OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS.

PERSONS LIVING OR TRAVELING NEAR FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR
LOCAL FORECASTS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT ON THIS INCREASING THREAT
FOR SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL.

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...CORRECTED WORDING AND LOCATION FOR HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT
LATER TONIGHT...

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