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.A SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA
TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE FRONT...WHILE
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTHEAST OF
THE FRONT. AS A RESULT...FLOODING IS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE
AREA TONIGHT.
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN
KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...ALEXANDER...EDWARDS...
FRANKLIN...GALLATIN...HAMILTON...HARDIN...JACKSON...
JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...MASSAC...PERRY IL...POPE...PULASKI...
SALINE...UNION IL...WABASH...WAYNE IL...WHITE AND WILLIAMSON.
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...GIBSON...PIKE...POSEY...SPENCER...
VANDERBURGH AND WARRICK. IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...BALLARD...
CALDWELL...CALLOWAY...CARLISLE...CHRISTIAN...CRITTENDEN...
DAVIESS...FULTON...GRAVES...HENDERSON...HICKMAN...HOPKINS...
LIVINGSTON...LYON...MARSHALL...MCCRACKEN...MCLEAN...
MUHLENBERG...TODD...TRIGG...UNION KY AND WEBSTER. IN SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI...BOLLINGER...CAPE GIRARDEAU...MISSISSIPPI...NEW
MADRID...PERRY MO...SCOTT AND STODDARD.
* THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
* A SLOW MOVING BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN THAT DEVELOPED
ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION OVERNIGHT HAS ALREADY BROUGHT ANYWHERE
FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL TO MANY LOCATIONS. THOUGH THE
RAIN MAY TAPER OFF NORTHWEST OF THE OHIO RIVER THIS MORNING...
ANOTHER AREA OF MODERATE RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY
MOVE BACK INTO THESE AREAS LATER TODAY.
* THE RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND POSSIBLY EVEN SOME SLEET TODAY
ACROSS THE REGION WILL ONLY SERVE TO EXACERBATE ANY ONGOING
FLOODING...OR CREATE FLOODING CONDITIONS IN AREAS THAT HAVE NOT
YET EXPERIENCED FLOODING. FLOODING ISSUES ARE MOST LIKELY TO
DEVELOP NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND POORLY DRAINING URBAN
AREAS. PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY IF
ANY THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOP TODAY.