...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
The 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, Wabash, Wayne IL, White and
Williamson. In southwest Indiana, Gibson, Posey, Spencer,
Vanderburgh and Warrick. In western Kentucky, Ballard, Caldwell,
Crittenden, Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, Livingston, McCracken,
McLean, Union KY and Webster. In southeast Missouri, Bollinger,
Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Perry MO, Ripley, Scott, Stoddard
and Wayne MO.
* Through Saturday afternoon
* A couple more rounds of rain, heavy at times, are forecast through
Saturday morning. The heaviest rain is expected to fall tonight
into Saturday morning across southeast Missouri, far southern
Illinois, and into western Kentucky as waves of energy stream
along and north of a stalled frontal boundary. Through Saturday,
additional rainfall amounts in the watch area of 1 to 2 inches are
forecast, with locally higher amounts possible.
* Repeat rounds of rain through Saturday morning will saturate soils
and cause local creeks and streams to rise, resulting in the
potential for flooding.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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
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