FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 345 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREA...
SANGAMON.
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT
* EXPECT PERIODS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH SOME LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS.
* THE LATEST SOIL TEMPERATURES ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS INDICATE
THE FROST DEPTH AT BETWEEN 3 TO 5 INCHES. THE COMBINATION OF
THE EXPECTED RAINFALL COUPLED WITH THE FROZEN TOPSOIL WILL
HELP TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF INTO AREA RIVERS...CREEKS
AND STREAMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREA...
SANGAMON.
* THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON
* AT 330 PM CST...THE DAM OPERATOR REPORTED THAT WATER IS BEING
RELEASED FROM SPAULDING DAM AT LAKE SPRINGFIELD. BECAUSE OF
THIS THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL FLOW OF WATER IN SUGAR CREEK
DOWNSTREAM OF SPAULDING DAM. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS OF A HALF
TO 1 INCH THROUGH TONIGHT COULD AGGRAVATE WATER LEVELS MORE.
* IF YOU LIVE IN THE LOW LYING AREAS BELOW SPAULDING DAM ON
SUGAR CREEK... KEEP ABREAST OF THE SITUATION AND STAY ALERT TO
CHANGING CONDITIONS.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
$$
FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 345 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREA...
SANGAMON.
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT
* EXPECT PERIODS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH SOME LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS.
* THE LATEST SOIL TEMPERATURES ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS INDICATE
THE FROST DEPTH AT BETWEEN 3 TO 5 INCHES. THE COMBINATION OF
THE EXPECTED RAINFALL COUPLED WITH THE FROZEN TOPSOIL WILL
HELP TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF INTO AREA RIVERS...CREEKS
AND STREAMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREA...
SANGAMON.
* THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON
* AT 330 PM CST...THE DAM OPERATOR REPORTED THAT WATER IS BEING
RELEASED FROM SPAULDING DAM AT LAKE SPRINGFIELD. BECAUSE OF
THIS THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL FLOW OF WATER IN SUGAR CREEK
DOWNSTREAM OF SPAULDING DAM. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS OF A HALF
TO 1 INCH THROUGH TONIGHT COULD AGGRAVATE WATER LEVELS MORE.
* IF YOU LIVE IN THE LOW LYING AREAS BELOW SPAULDING DAM ON
SUGAR CREEK... KEEP ABREAST OF THE SITUATION AND STAY ALERT TO
CHANGING CONDITIONS.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
$$
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