FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 414 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST TODAY 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.
* FROM NOON CST TODAY 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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HAASE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 913 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING.
* PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS MORNING
INTO EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING AT
THE SURFACE AND PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO RAIN.
* FREEZING RAIN WILL LEAD TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER
INCH...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80.
* THE COMBINATION OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND EAST WINDS FROM 15 TO
25 MPH MAY LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES.
* HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE DUE TO ICE
ACCUMULATION ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...
AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED
FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL
WHILE DRIVING.
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