FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 344 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR
* PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST
IOWA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...
CEDAR...JOHNSON...JONES AND LINN. IN NORTHEAST IOWA...DUBUQUE.
IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...WASHINGTON.
* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH THIS
EVENING 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.
* SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER IS POSSIBLE IN LOCATIONS THAT
RECEIVE AMOUNTS NEAR 2 INCHES TONIGHT.
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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