FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 358 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS...IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ILLINOIS...BUREAU...HANCOCK...
HENDERSON...HENRY IL...MCDONOUGH...MERCER...PUTNAM...ROCK
ISLAND...WARREN AND WHITESIDE. IN IOWA...CEDAR...CLINTON...DES
MOINES...HENRY IA...IOWA...JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...KEOKUK...
LEE...LOUISA...MUSCATINE...SCOTT...VAN BUREN AND WASHINGTON.
IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...CLARK AND SCOTLAND.
* THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
* RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG AREA RIVERS. LOCALLY
HIGHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. FLOODING OF URBAN AND
SMALL STREAM DRAINAGE AREAS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DUE TO
BLOCKAGES FROM SNOW AND ICE.
* RISING WATER LEVELS MAY ALSO LEAD TO POTENTIAL ICE JAMS ON
AREA RIVERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND TAKE ACTION IF A
FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED OR FLOODING DEVELOPS.
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