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Jacksonville, Illinois

National Weather Service:
Flood Warning

5-day forecast

Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tue

Partly Cloudy	Partly Cloudy	Partly Cloudy	Chance of T-storms	Chance of T-storms
77° \| 58°	83° \| 65°	88° \| 67°	90° \| 70°	88° \| 67°

Current conditions

As of 9:25 PM CDT at Jacksonville, Illinois
Overcast
Temperature:	64°
Wind:	ENE 6 mph
Dewpoint:	59°
Humidity:	83%
Visibility:	10.0 miles

Forecast

As of 3:26 PM CDT on July 3, 2008

Tonight...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 60. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.

Independence Day...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.

Friday Night...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.

Radar


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Regional radar	» Loop

Regional conditions

Location	Conditions	Temp..
Jacksonville	Overcast	64°
Pittsfield	Overcast	64°
Springfield	Overcast	66°
Fowler	Overcast	69°
Litchfield	Overcast	64°
Taylorville	Mostly Cloudy	68°
Grafton	Light Rain	65°
Good Hope	Clear	66°
Lincoln	Overcast	66°
Bethalto	Light Rain	68°

Almanac

Key: T = Trace of precipitation; MM = data not available

July 3, 2008

Normal high:

86°

Record high:

99° (1934)

Normal low:

65°

Record low:

51° (1968)

Sunrise:

5:38 AM

Moon Rise:

5:58 AM

Sunset:

8:32 PM

Moon Set:

9:27 PM

Complete weather almanac

Detailed History and Climate

Flood Warning

Issued by the National Weather Service at 8:19 PM CDT on July 03, 2008

... The Flood Warning continues for
the Illinois River at Meredosia
* until further notice.
* At 7:15 PM Thursday the stage was 436.1 feet.
* Moderate flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 432.0 feet.
* Forecast... the river is forecast to continue falling to near 433
feet by Wednesday.

816 PM CDT Thu Jul 03 2008

... Flood Warning extended until Thursday July 10... the Flood Warning
continues for
the Illinois River at Beardstown.
* Until Thursday July 10... or until the warning is cancelled.
* At 745 PM Thursday the stage was 17.1 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 14.0 feet.
* Forecast... the river will continue to fall to below flood stage by
early Thursday morning.

Fld observed forecast 6am
location stg stg day time Fri Sat sun

Illinois River
Beardstown 14 17.1 Thu 8 PM 17.1 16.7 16.2

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