FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 804 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST THURSDAY THROUGH
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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 6 AM CST THURSDAY 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: 610 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY.
* FREEZING RAIN...MIXED WITH SLEET AND SNOW AT TIMES...WILL
CONTINUE THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO
GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN LATER TONIGHT.
* AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE
ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES THIS EVENING. MINOR
ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.
* COLDER AIR SPILLING INTO THE REGION THURSDAY EVENING INTO
FRIDAY WILL CAUSE THE PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE OVER TO
PRIMARILY SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. THUS...
THE WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.
* HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ICE
ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOWFALL THURSDAY NIGHT
INTO FRIDAY WILL ALSO IMPACT TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
* EAST WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH...COMBINED WITH ICE
ACCUMULATIONS... MAY LEAD TO DOWNED BRANCHES AND 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: 610 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY.
* FREEZING RAIN...MIXED WITH SLEET AND SNOW AT TIMES...WILL
CONTINUE THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO
GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN LATER TONIGHT.
* AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE
ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES THIS EVENING. MINOR
ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.
* COLDER AIR SPILLING INTO THE REGION THURSDAY EVENING INTO
FRIDAY WILL CAUSE THE PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE OVER TO
PRIMARILY SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. THUS...
THE WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.
* HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ICE
ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOWFALL THURSDAY NIGHT
INTO FRIDAY WILL ALSO IMPACT TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
* EAST WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH...COMBINED WITH ICE
ACCUMULATIONS... MAY LEAD TO DOWNED BRANCHES AND 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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