Issued:
January 12, 2013 at 2:47 pm CDT
Expires:
January 12, 2013 at 11:00 pm CDT
Event:
Flood Watch
Alert:
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .LOW PRESSURE WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA LATE TONIGHT AND BRING PLENTY OF MOISTURE WITH IT TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD RAIN....HEAVY AT TIMES...ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL OCCUR OVER MUCH OF THE AREA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. A SECONDARY WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK THROUGH KENTUCKY ON SUNDAY AND MAY BRING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL. THIS WILL AFFECT THE WABASH...LITTLE WABASH AND EMBARRAS RIVER BASINS OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS BRINGING MANY RIVER LEVELS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE IF THE HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURS. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOWLAND AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...ALONG WITH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO FLOODED ROADWAYS ESPECIALLY NEAR SMALL STREAMS AND IN LOWLAND AREAS. ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CLARK. IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...CLAY... CRAWFORD...JASPER...LAWRENCE AND RICHLAND. * FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING * HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * FLOODING OF LOWLAND...POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...CREEKS AND STREAMS.
Instruction:
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.
Target Area:
Clark; Clay; Crawford; Jasper; Lawrence; Richland