FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1123 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
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...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS AND INDIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...IN ILLINOIS...BOONE...COOK...DE KALB...DUPAGE...FORD...
GRUNDY...IROQUOIS...KANE...KANKAKEE...KENDALL...LA SALLE...
LAKE IL...LEE...LIVINGSTON...MCHENRY...OGLE...WILL AND
WINNEBAGO. IN INDIANA...BENTON...JASPER...LAKE IN...NEWTON AND
PORTER.
* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.
* RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY THIS
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. TOTAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE COMMON....WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HIGHER RAINFALL TOTALS BY FRIDAY MORNING.
* CURRENT SNOW COVER RANGES FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS NORTHWEST
ILLINOIS TO 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA. AS THE
SNOW MELTS AND MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS...
RAPID RUNOFF DUE TO FROZEN GROUND CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN
SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREA RIVERS...WITH SOME RIVERS POSSIBLY
REACHING OR EXCEEDING FLOOD STAGE. FLOODING ACROSS LOW LYING
AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.
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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BOXELL
ICE STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1138 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...ICE STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON.
* TIMING...FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID
AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL THEN RISE ABOVE FREEZING...AND
ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION THAT FALLS WILL BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN.
* ACCUMULATIONS...BETWEEN ONE QUARTER TO FOUR TENTHS OF AN INCH OF
ICE HAS ALREADY ACCUMULATED AT MANY LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY ON
UNTREATED AND ELEVATED SURFACES. AN ADDITIONAL TENTH OF AN INCH
OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.
* HAZARDS...ACCUMULATION OF ICE. THE ACCUMULATION OF ICE WILL BE
GREATEST ON UNTREATED AND ELEVATED SURFACES. ICE FALLING FROM
ELEVATED STRUCTURES COULD ALSO POSE A HAZARD THIS AFTERNOON AS
TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING.
* IMPACTS...ICE WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE THROUGH MID
AFTERNOON...WITH THE GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS ON UNTREATED
ROADWAYS...BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...AND ELEVATED SURFACES. WHILE
MANY PRIMARY ROADS HAVE BEEN TREATED...DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL
BE HAZARDOUS ON ANY ROAD SURFACE THAT BECOMES ICE COVERED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS
COULD LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT
ADD TO THE DANGER.
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BOXELL
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