FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 404 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR
* PORTIONS OF IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS...IN IOWA...CEDAR...IOWA...JEFFERSON...
JOHNSON...KEOKUK...VAN BUREN AND WASHINGTON. IN NORTHEAST
MISSOURI...SCOTLAND.
* THROUGH THIS EVENING
* 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.
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: 1101 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.
* RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND
SNOW LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING. THE MIXED
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW ON FRIDAY. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY
NIGHT.
* HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY NIGHT AS SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL IMPACT TRAVEL
CONDITIONS.
* SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A
MILE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AS COLDER AIR INVADES THE AREA.
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.
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