FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 414 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND IOWA...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...CARROLL...JO DAVIESS
AND STEPHENSON. IN IOWA...BENTON...BUCHANAN...DELAWARE...
DUBUQUE...JACKSON...JONES AND LINN.
* FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
* RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT
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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WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 913 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY
EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND MIX
WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET LATE THIS MORNING. THE
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO A MIXTURE OF
SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO
THIS EVENING.
* A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING
WITH UP TO A QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SNOW
AND SLEET AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY
ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20 THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
ANOTHER 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY.
* HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ICE
ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOWFALL THURSDAY INTO
FRIDAY WILL ALSO IMPACT TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
* EAST WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH...COMBINED WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS...
MAY LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD SERIOUSLY
IMPACT TRAVEL. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.
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.
$$
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 913 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY
EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND MIX
WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET LATE THIS MORNING. THE
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO A MIXTURE OF
SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO
THIS EVENING.
* A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING
WITH UP TO A QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SNOW
AND SLEET AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY
ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20 THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
ANOTHER 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY.
* HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ICE
ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOWFALL THURSDAY INTO
FRIDAY WILL ALSO IMPACT TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
* EAST WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH...COMBINED WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS...
MAY LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD SERIOUSLY
IMPACT TRAVEL. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.
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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