Flash Flood Watch issued for area through Sunday night

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
 SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST
 MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTH CENTRAL
 ILLINOIS...BOND IL...CLINTON IL...FAYETTE IL...MARION IL AND
 WASHINGTON IL IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...MONROE IL...RANDOLPH IL
 AND ST. CLAIR IL IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...JEFFERSON AND
 WASHINGTON IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...IRON...MADISON...REYNOLDS...
 ST. FRANCOIS AND STE. GENEVIEVE.

* FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT

* HEAVY RAINFALL IN THIS AREA ON THURSDAY ON THE ORDER OF 1.5 TO
 2.5 INCHES HAVE CREATED MODERATELY MOIST SOIL ANTECEDENT
 CONDITIONS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE THIS
 AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...INCREASING IN COVERAGE
 AND INTENSITY LATER THIS EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2
 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.