FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 848 PM CST 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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ICE STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 905 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THURSDAY...
AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THURSDAY.
* TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF NIGHT
AND WILL END EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THERE WILL BE RAIN ALONG
THE SHORE OF LAKE MICHIGAN.
* ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE MAINLY
OUTSIDE THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND MOST OF COOK COUNTY ILLINOIS.
* HAZARDS...ACCUMULATION OF ICE
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 WILL
LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT
ADD TO THE DANGER.
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