FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1111 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS...IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ILLINOIS...BUREAU...CARROLL...
HANCOCK...HENDERSON...HENRY IL...JO DAVIESS...MCDONOUGH...
MERCER...PUTNAM...ROCK ISLAND...STEPHENSON...WARREN AND
WHITESIDE. IN IOWA...CLINTON...DES MOINES...HENRY IA...
JACKSON...LEE...LOUISA...MUSCATINE AND SCOTT. IN NORTHEAST
MISSOURI...CLARK.
* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG AREA RIVERS. 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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