FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 414 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST TODAY THROUGH LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS...IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ILLINOIS...BUREAU...HANCOCK...
HENDERSON...HENRY IL...MCDONOUGH...MERCER...PUTNAM...ROCK
ISLAND...WARREN AND WHITESIDE. IN IOWA...CEDAR...CLINTON...DES
MOINES...HENRY IA...IOWA...JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...KEOKUK...
LEE...LOUISA...MUSCATINE...SCOTT...VAN BUREN AND WASHINGTON.
IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...CLARK AND SCOTLAND.
* FROM NOON CST TODAY THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
* RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG AREA RIVERS. LOCALLY
HIGHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. 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
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 427 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING.
* FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS MORNING WILL GIVE WAY TO FREEZING RAIN
BY AFTERNOON...WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET OR SNOW POSSIBLE
NORTH OF INTER ESTATE 80. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL
RAIN BY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
* SNOW AND SLEET AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR LESS ARE POSSIBLE NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 80.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED TODAY.
* MINOR TO MODERATE TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM
TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...
AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED
FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL
WHILE DRIVING.
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