FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 411 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
ALEXANDER...EDWARDS...FRANKLIN...HAMILTON...JACKSON...
JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...PERRY IL...PULASKI...SALINE...UNION IL...
WABASH...WAYNE IL...WHITE AND WILLIAMSON. IN SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI...BOLLINGER...BUTLER...CAPE GIRARDEAU...CARTER...
MISSISSIPPI...NEW MADRID...PERRY MO...RIPLEY...SCOTT...
STODDARD AND WAYNE MO.
* THROUGH THIS EVENING
* HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED...WITH TOTALS RANGING FROM 2 TO 4
INCHES. AROUND ONE INCH HAD ALREADY FALLEN AS OF 4 AM.
* THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY GENERATE RISES IN SMALL CREEKS...
STREAMS AND DITCHES. THESE WATERWAYS COULD COME OUT OF THEIR
BANKS...AND RESULT IN FLOODING. HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN
STANDING WATER ACROSS AREA ROADS THAT ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO
FLOODING.
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.
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WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 421 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY...
A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY.
* A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO MISSOURI
TONIGHT. WINDS WILL START TO PICK UP THIS MORNING. WINDS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL AVERAGE 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45
MPH.
* GENERALLY SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL TURN TO THE SOUTH EARLY
TONIGHT...THEN SOUTHWEST LATE TONIGHT. THOUGH WINDS WILL BE
RELATIVELY WEAK THIS MORNING...EXPECT SPEEDS TO INCREASE AFTER
NOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE
OF GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL
REMAIN BRISK THROUGH FRIDAY.
* DAMAGE TO WEAK OR ROTTING TREES CAN BE EXPECTED. OUTDOOR
CHRISTMAS DISPLAYS MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT IF THEY ARE NOT PROPERLY
SECURED. DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH WINDS
OF THIS MAGNITUDE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WET GROUNDS DUE TO RAINS MAY ALLOW SMALLER OR LOOSELY ROOTED
TREES TO UPROOT DUE TO THE HIGH WINDS. UNSECURED PATIO OR OUTDOOR
PLACEMENTS MAY BE PRONE TO DAMAGE FROM TUMBLING. TRAVEL WILL BE
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE COMBINATION
OF WET ROADS AND HIGH WINDS MEANS HOLIDAY MOTORISTS SHOULD BE
EXTRA CAUTIOUS AND ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH YOUR
DESTINATION.
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