FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 948 PM EST WED DEC 23 2009
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...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...
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.
* FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.
* RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO
2 INCHES WILL BE COMMON....WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCAL 3 INCH
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 OF LOW LYING AND
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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