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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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* ALL OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY
AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.
* THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON
* A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE RAIN BAND WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL. THE BAND WILL BE NEARLY STATIONARY FOR MUCH OF THE
EVENING BEFORE SHIFTING SOUTHEAST INTO WEST KENTUCKY LATE THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WILL BE LOCATED OVER
THE PENNYRILE REGION OF WEST KENTUCKY DURING THE DAY SUNDAY.
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...AND 2 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED OVER WEST KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA.
* WIDESPREAD FLOODING ISSUES ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY
NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND POORLY DRAINING AREAS.
PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY WITH ANY
THUNDERSTORMS. IT MAY TAKE MUCH OF SUNDAY FOR THE HIGH WATERS TO
RECEDE.