FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 404 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL IOWA...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...
CARROLL...JO DAVIESS AND STEPHENSON. IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...
JACKSON.
* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES 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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HAASE
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