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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

TROPICAL RAINS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD 1 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL
AMOUNTS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. THE RAINS WILL SPREAD EAST OVER THE
REGION...REACHING INTERSTATES 57 AND 24 BY LATE AFTERNOON...AND
THEN THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. GIVEN THE DRY SOIL
CONDITIONS...FLOODING PROBLEMS SHOULD BE ONLY OF THE NUISANCE
VARIETY. THE FAST RESPONDING RIVERS IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI MAY SEE
SOME VERY QUICK RISES...BUT THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO FLOOD.

A STRAY EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON TO
THE WEST OF A MT VERNON ILLINOIS TO CADIZ KENTUCKY LINE. THE
PRIMARY CONCERN WILL BE SPORADIC LIGHTNING AND ENHANCED RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST...AS A WARM
FRONT SETS UP OVER THE AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...AND A
COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH THE REGION SATURDAY. AT THIS TIME...SEVERE
WEATHER CAN NOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY ON SATURDAY. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CONCERN...ESPECIALLY IF THE
HEAVY RAINS FALL AS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...SPOTTERS
SHOULD REPORT ANY HEAVY RAINFALL OR FLOODING ISSUES ENCOUNTERED
TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

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