FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 857 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2009
...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE MACKINAW RIVER NEAR CONGERVILLE.
* UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING.
* AT 845 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 14 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 13 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL BE NEAR ITS CREST OF 14 FEET THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 13 FEET...WIDESPREAD AGRICULTURAL FLOODING OCCURS.
FLD OBSERVED FORECAST 6AM
LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME SUN MON TUE
MACKINAW RIVER
CONGERVILLE 13 14.0 SAT 9 AM 13.5 11.0 9.2
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HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
Warning Issue Date: 1234 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2009
THE ILLINOIS RIVER.
THE FOLLOWING FLOOD FORECASTS ARE BASED PRIMARILY ON EXPECTED
RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE
CREST FORECASTS AT THIS TIME AND SO THEY WILL LIKELY BE ADJUSTED ONCE
THE RAINFALL IS OBSERVED.
FOR THE ILLINOIS RIVER AT HENRY...THE LATEST STAGE IS 20.1 FEET AT 11
AM SATURDAY. FLOOD STAGE IS 23 FEET. MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST...
WITH A CREST OF 23.7 FEET WEDNESDAY MORNING...WHICH IS 0.7 FEET ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE. THE RIVER SHOULD RISE ABOVE THE FLOOD STAGE OF 23 FEET
MONDAY EVENING. THE RIVER SHOULD FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING. AT 23 FEET...WATER BEGINS TO AFFECT THE MARINA IN
HENRY ALONG WITH MINOR FLOODING OF LAND ADJACENT TO THE RIVER.
FOR THE ILLINOIS RIVER NEAR PEORIA...THE LATEST STAGE IS 14.6 FEET AT
11 AM SATURDAY. FLOOD STAGE IS 18 FEET. MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST...WITH A CREST OF 20.4 FEET THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WHICH IS
2.4 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. THE RIVER SHOULD RISE ABOVE THE FLOOD
STAGE OF 18 FEET EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
FLD OBSERVED FORECAST 6 AM
LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME SUN MON TUE
ILLINOIS RIVER
HENRY 23 20.1 SAT 11 AM 21.3 22.5 23.3
PEORIA 18 14.6 SAT 11 AM 16.4 18.2 19.3
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07
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1019 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING. BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN SINCE MIDNIGHT
FROM PEORIA NORTH WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20
MPH AND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REDUCE YOUR SPEED AND USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING TODAY FROM PEORIA
NORTHWARD. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS.
$$
KH
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