Southern Illinois, flooding possible!!!

[kruzzen]

I just saw a weather report saying those of us who live in southern Illinois can see up to 2" of rain of Friday!!! The NWS hazardous weather outlook statement is also saying we are going to probably see a lot of rain with a few isolated severe thunderstorms. May be a system to keep an eye on since our area is known to flood here and there.

[Downlinerz2]

Shawn,
   Wow, that is something to keep our eyes on for sure.  I hope it doesn't come near us in NW Ohio.  I hope the rain is not as heavy as predicted.

[JOE]

Warning Description: Flash Flood Watch

Warning Date: 4:18 am CDT on October 7, 2009

WarningSum:...Flash Flood Watch In Effect From Thursday Morning Through
Friday Morning...

Warning Message:The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a
* Flash Flood Watch for portions of Illinois and Missouri...

[Garth Bock]

This is from the warning screen of the university's DTN satellite system.....


CHRISTIAN-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- 
EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- 
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAYLORVILLE...CHARLESTON...MATTOON... 
SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 
343 AM CDT WED OCT 7 2009 
 
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 
MORNING... 
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A 
 
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST   
 CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE   
 FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CHRISTIAN...MOULTRIE   
 AND SHELBY. IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CLARK...COLES... 
 CUMBERLAND...DOUGLAS AND EDGAR. IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...CLAY... 
 CRAWFORD...EFFINGHAM...JASPER...LAWRENCE AND RICHLAND. 
 
* FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH NOON FRIDAY 
 
* WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS 
  WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY SOUTH OF I-72 AND DIMINISH FROM NORTHWEST 
  TO SOUTHEAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS 
  LIKELY SOUTH OF I-72 BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER 
  AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES FROM I-70 SOUTH. THE HEAVIEST RAIN 
  SHOULD FALL DURING THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. 
  THIS HEAVY RAIN COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING ESPECIALLY IN LOW 
  LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 
 
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD 
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. 
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION 
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. 
 
&& 
 

[JOE]

1.64 and still raining.  Not all that bad, but it's been raining some all day.

From looks of local radar, a heavier little batch is about here.

1.65 raining cats and dogs, only 0.16" in last 15 minutes.

1.66.  ack.  it keeps changing as I type.

[Likesspace]

Hey Joe,
I live in Iuka and we ended up with 3.85 inches over the last two days.
Not as bad as it could have been and certainly not as bad as some areas in Missouri that saw over 9".
It was sort of fun to watch the storms roll through on Grlevel3 but I'm still happy that it's over. There's only so many clouds I can take at one time.

Dave

[JOE]

I guess this rain is over.

I ended with 3.32

CW3059 had 4.16

Further north had more.