591  
WGUS63 KILX 050756  
FFAILX  
 
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL  
256 AM CDT SAT APR 5 2025  
 
ILZ044>046-051>053-050900-  
/O.CAN.KILX.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-250406T1200Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DECATUR, CHAMPAIGN, URBANA, SPRINGFIELD,  
TAYLORVILLE, MONTICELLO, AND DANVILLE  
256 AM CDT SAT APR 5 2025  
   
..FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED  
 
THE FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EAST  
CENTRAL ILLINOIS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN CENTRAL  
ILLINOIS, CHRISTIAN, MACON, PIATT AND SANGAMON. IN EAST CENTRAL  
ILLINOIS, CHAMPAIGN AND VERMILION.  
 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE UNLIKELY TO EXCEED A HALF INCH. ANY  
EXISTING FLOODING SHOULD GRADUALLY SUBSIDE. THEREFORE, THE FLOOD  
WATCH IS BEING CANCELLED.  
 
 
 
ILZ054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-051600-  
/O.CON.KILX.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-250406T1200Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-  
JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF EFFINGHAM, PARIS, SHELBYVILLE, ROBINSON,  
NEWTON, MATTOON, GREENUP, FLORA, OLNEY, TUSCOLA, LAWRENCEVILLE,  
CHARLESTON, SULLIVAN, AND MARSHALL  
256 AM CDT SAT APR 5 2025  
   
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE  
POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, EAST CENTRAL, AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS,  
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS, SHELBY. IN  
EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS, CLARK, COLES, CUMBERLAND, DOUGLAS, EDGAR  
AND MOULTRIE. IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS, CLAY, CRAWFORD, EFFINGHAM,  
JASPER, LAWRENCE AND RICHLAND.  
 
* WHEN...THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,  
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE  
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT, WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF  
0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL BE  
OCCURRING IN AREAS WHERE ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN  
HAS ALREADY FALLEN AND GROUNDS ARE SATURATED.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
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.  
 
 
 
 
 
ERWIN  
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